Romans 13:1-4
New King James Version
Submit to Government
13 Let every soul be (A)subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists (B)the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will [a]bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? (C)Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
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- Romans 13:2 Lit. receive
Isaiah 45:1-4
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Cyrus, God’s Instrument
45 “Thus says the Lord to His anointed,
To (A)Cyrus, whose (B)right hand I have [a]held—
(C)To subdue nations before him
And (D)loose the armor of kings,
To open before him the double doors,
So that the gates will not be shut:
2 ‘I will go before you
(E)And[b] make the [c]crooked places straight;
(F)I will break in pieces the gates of bronze
And cut the bars of iron.
3 I will give you the treasures of darkness
And hidden riches of secret places,
(G)That you may know that I, the Lord,
Who (H)call you by your name,
Am the God of Israel.
4 For (I)Jacob My servant’s sake,
And Israel My elect,
I have even called you by your name;
I have named you, though you have not known Me.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:1 strengthened or sustained
- Isaiah 45:2 Tg. I will trample down the walls; Vg. I will humble the great ones of the earth
- Isaiah 45:2 DSS, LXX mountains
Psalm 74:20
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20 (A)Have respect to the covenant;
For the [a]dark places of the earth are full of the [b]haunts of [c]cruelty.
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- Psalm 74:20 hiding places
- Psalm 74:20 homes
- Psalm 74:20 violence
Ezekiel 22:30
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30 (A)So I sought for a man among them who would (B)make a wall, and (C)stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one.
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2 Chronicles 26:4-5
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4 And he did what was (A)right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. 5 (B)He sought God in the days of Zechariah, who (C)had understanding in the [a]visions of God; and as long as he sought the Lord, God made him (D)prosper.
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- 2 Chronicles 26:5 Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg., Arab. fear
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