Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.
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Ecclesiastes 8:2
I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.
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Ecclesiastes 8:3
Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,
Ecclesiastes 8:4
for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.
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Ecclesiastes 8:5
Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
Proverbs 24:23
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
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Romans 13:1
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.
Romans 13:2
Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.
Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority,
Romans 13:4
for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.
Romans 13:5
Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.
Romans 13:6
For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.
Romans 13:7
Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious,
Titus 3:1
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Matthew 22:21
They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Ezra 7:26
Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Matthew 17:27
But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”
1 Samuel 24:6
He said to his men, “Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is Yahweh’s anointed.”
Acts 4:19
But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
1 Timothy 2:2
for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.
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1 Peter 2:13
Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme,
1 Peter 2:14
or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.
1 Peter 2:15
For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men.
1 Peter 2:16
Live as free people, yet not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.
1 Peter 2:17
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
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Ecclesiastes 3:18
I said in my heart, “As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.
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1 Chronicles 29:24
All the princes, the mighty men, and also all of the sons of king David submitted themselves to Solomon the king.
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Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.
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Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
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Ezekiel 17:13
He took one of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land,
Ezekiel 17:15
But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
Ezekiel 17:16
“ ‘As I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.
Ezekiel 17:17
Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won’t help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts to cut off many persons.
Ezekiel 17:18
For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape.
Ezekiel 17:19
“Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken.
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1 Kings 2:43
Why then have you not kept the oath of Yahweh and the commandment that I have instructed you with?”
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2 Chronicles 30:12
Also the hand of God came on Judah to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by Yahweh’s word.
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2 Chronicles 34:32
He caused all who were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand. The inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.
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Psalms 45:5
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
Psalms 79:9
Help us, God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Deliver us, and forgive our sins, for your name’s sake.
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Psalms 110:4
Yahweh has sworn, and will not change his mind: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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Ecclesiastes 3:13
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
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Ecclesiastes 8:6
For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
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Ecclesiastes 8:8
There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.
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Ecclesiastes 9:2
All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
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Isaiah 5:9
In my ears, Yahweh of Armies says: “Surely many houses will be desolate, even great and beautiful, unoccupied.
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Jeremiah 4:2
and you will swear, ‘As Yahweh lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in him, and they will glory in him.”
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Amos 3:11
Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: “An adversary will overrun the land; and he will pull down your strongholds, and your fortresses will be plundered.”
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Amos 4:10
“I sent plagues among you like I did Egypt. I have slain your young men with the sword, and have carried away your horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you haven’t returned to me,” says Yahweh.
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