25 You will be driven away from people and will live with the wild animals; you will eat grass like the ox and be drenched(A) with the dew of heaven. Seven times will pass by for you until you acknowledge that the Most High(B) is sovereign over all kingdoms on earth and gives them to anyone he wishes.(C)

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Instructions on Worship

I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers,(A) intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— for kings and all those in authority,(B) that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness(C) and holiness.

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25 He said to them, “Then give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,(A) and to God what is God’s.”

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29 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!(A)

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16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast(A) for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”(B)

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19 But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him?(A) You be the judges!

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15 By me kings reign
    and rulers(A) issue decrees that are just;

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Obey the King

Obey the king’s command, I say, because you took an oath before God.

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22 “The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works,[a][b]
    before his deeds of old;
23 I was formed long ages ago,
    at the very beginning, when the world came to be.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:22 Or way; or dominion
  2. Proverbs 8:22 Or The Lord possessed me at the beginning of his work; or The Lord brought me forth at the beginning of his work

13 Since it was customary for the king to consult experts in matters of law and justice, he spoke with the wise men who understood the times(A)

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Now write another decree(A) in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal(B) it with the king’s signet ring(C)—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”(D)

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14 Do everything without grumbling(A) or arguing, 15 so that you may become blameless(B) and pure, “children of God(C) without fault in a warped and crooked generation.”[a](D) Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky

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Footnotes

  1. Philippians 2:15 Deut. 32:5

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