Bible Cross References
I counsel
Proverbs 24:21
Have reverence for the LORD, my child, and honor the king. Have nothing to do with people who rebel against them;
Romans 13:1-4
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Everyone must obey state authorities, because no authority exists without God's permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God.
2
Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered; and anyone who does so will bring judgment on himself.
3
For rulers are not to be feared by those who do good, but by those who do evil. Would you like to be unafraid of those in authority? Then do what is good, and they will praise you,
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because they are God's servants working for your own good. But if you do evil, then be afraid of them, because their power to punish is real. They are God's servants and carry out God's punishment on those who do evil.
Titus 3:1
Remind your people to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey them, and to be ready to do good in every way.
1 Peter 2:13-17
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For the sake of the Lord submit yourselves to every human authority: to the Emperor, who is the supreme authority,
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and to the governors, who have been appointed by him to punish the evildoers and to praise those who do good.
15
For God wants you to silence the ignorant talk of foolish people by the good things you do.
16
Live as free people; do not, however, use your freedom to cover up any evil, but live as God's slaves.
17
Respect everyone, love other believers, honor God, and respect the Emperor.
in regard
1 Kings 2:43
Why, then, have you broken your promise and disobeyed my command?
1 Chronicles 29:24
All the officials and soldiers, and even all of David's other sons, promised to be loyal to Solomon as king.
Ezekiel 17:13-20
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He took one of the king's family, made a treaty with him, and made him swear to be loyal. He took important men as hostages
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to keep the nation from rising again and to make sure that the treaty would be kept.
15
But the king of Judah rebelled and sent agents to Egypt to get horses and a large army. Will he succeed? Can he get away with that? He cannot break the treaty and go unpunished!
16
"As surely as I am the living God," says the Sovereign LORD, "this king will die in Babylonia because he broke his oath and the treaty he had made with the king of Babylonia, who put him on the throne.
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Even the powerful army of the king of Egypt will not be able to help him fight when the Babylonians build earthworks and dig trenches in order to kill many people.
18
He broke his oath and the treaty he had made. He did all these things, and now he will not escape."
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The Sovereign LORD says, "As surely as I am the living God, I will punish him for breaking the treaty which he swore in my name to keep.
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I will spread out a hunter's net and catch him in it. I will take him to Babylonia and punish him there, because he was unfaithful to me.
Romans 13:5
For this reason you must obey the authorities---not just because of God's punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.