Religion In Government

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.

For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is the governor among the nations.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; — read the full passage →

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: — read the full passage →

Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not? — read the full passage →

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. — read the full passage →

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. — read the full passage →

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; — read the full passage →

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?

And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. — read the full passage →

For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. — read the full passage →

The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. — read the full passage →

And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.

Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: — read the full passage →

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, — read the full passage →

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. — read the full passage →

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.