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1 Kings 2:43
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1 Kings 2:43
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43 Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the commandment that I gave you?”
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1 Kings 2:43
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1 Kings 2:43
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43 Why then did you not keep your oath to the Lord and obey the command I gave you?”
Romans 13:5
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Romans 13:5
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5 Therefore (A)you must be subject, not only because of wrath (B)but also for conscience’ sake.
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Romans 13:5
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Romans 13:5
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5 Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.(A)
Ezekiel 17:18-19
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Ezekiel 17:18-19
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18 Since he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and in fact (A)gave[a] his hand and still did all these things, he shall not escape.’ ”
19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: “As I live, surely My oath which he despised, and My covenant which he broke, I will recompense on his own head.
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- Ezekiel 17:18 Took an oath
Ezekiel 17:18-19
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Ezekiel 17:18-19
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18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge(A) and yet did all these things, he shall not escape.
19 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant.(B)
Ecclesiastes 8:2
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Ecclesiastes 8:2
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Obey Authorities for God’s Sake
2 I say, “Keep the king’s commandment (A)for the sake of your oath to God.
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Ecclesiastes 8:2
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Ecclesiastes 8:2
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Obey the King
2 Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.
2 Chronicles 30:12
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2 Chronicles 30:12
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12 Also (A)the hand of God was on Judah to give them singleness of heart to obey the command of the king and the leaders, (B)at the word of the Lord.
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2 Chronicles 30:12
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2 Chronicles 30:12
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12 Also in Judah the hand of God was on the people to give them unity(A) of mind to carry out what the king and his officials had ordered, following the word of the Lord.
2 Samuel 21:2
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2 Samuel 21:2
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2 So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. Now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but (A)of the remnant of the Amorites; the children of Israel had sworn protection to them, but Saul had sought to kill them (B)in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah.
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2 Samuel 21:2
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2 Samuel 21:2
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2 The king summoned the Gibeonites(A) and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not a part of Israel but were survivors of the Amorites; the Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for Israel and Judah had tried to annihilate them.)
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