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Ecclesiastes 8:4
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Ecclesiastes 8:4
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4 His command is backed by great power. No one can resist or question it.
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Ecclesiastes 8:4
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Ecclesiastes 8:4
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4 Since a king’s word is supreme, who can say to him, “What are you doing?(A)”
Romans 13:1-4
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Romans 13:1-4
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Respect for Authority
13 Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God. 2 So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished. 3 For the authorities do not strike fear in people who are doing right, but in those who are doing wrong. Would you like to live without fear of the authorities? Do what is right, and they will honor you. 4 The authorities are God’s servants, sent for your good. But if you are doing wrong, of course you should be afraid, for they have the power to punish you. They are God’s servants, sent for the very purpose of punishing those who do what is wrong.
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Romans 13:1-4
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Romans 13:1-4
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Submission to Governing Authorities
13 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities,(A) for there is no authority except that which God has established.(B) The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2 Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted,(C) and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3 For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended.(D) 4 For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.(E)
Job 9:12
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Job 9:12
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12 If he snatches someone in death, who can stop him?
Who dares to ask, ‘What are you doing?’
Job 9:12
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Job 9:12
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Daniel 4:35
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Daniel 4:35
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35 All the people of the earth
are nothing compared to him.
He does as he pleases
among the angels of heaven
and among the people of the earth.
No one can stop him or say to him,
‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
Romans 9:20
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Romans 9:20
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20 No, don’t say that. Who are you, a mere human being, to argue with God? Should the thing that was created say to the one who created it, “Why have you made me like this?”
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Romans 9:20
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Romans 9:20
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20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)
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- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 20:2
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2 The king’s fury is like a lion’s roar;
to rouse his anger is to risk your life.
Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 20:2
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Proverbs 19:12
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Proverbs 19:12
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12 The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar,
but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 19:12
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Proverbs 19:12
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Job 34:18-19
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Job 34:18-19
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18 For he says to kings, ‘You are wicked,’
and to nobles, ‘You are unjust.’
19 He doesn’t care how great a person may be,
and he pays no more attention to the rich than to the poor.
He made them all.
Luke 12:4-5
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Luke 12:4-5
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4 “Dear friends, don’t be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot do any more to you after that. 5 But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill you and then throw you into hell.[a] Yes, he’s the one to fear.
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- 12:5 Greek Gehenna.
Luke 12:4-5
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Luke 12:4-5
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4 “I tell you, my friends,(A) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(B)
Daniel 3:15
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Daniel 3:15
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15 I will give you one more chance to bow down and worship the statue I have made when you hear the sound of the musical instruments.[a] But if you refuse, you will be thrown immediately into the blazing furnace. And then what god will be able to rescue you from my power?”
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- 3:15 Aramaic the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and other musical instruments.
Daniel 3:15
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Daniel 3:15
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15 Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god(A) will be able to rescue(B) you from my hand?”
Proverbs 30:31
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Proverbs 30:31
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31 the strutting rooster,
the male goat,
a king as he leads his army.
Proverbs 30:31
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Proverbs 30:31
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31 a strutting rooster, a he-goat,
and a king secure against revolt.[a]
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- Proverbs 30:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Job 33:12-13
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Job 33:12-13
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12 “But you are wrong, and I will show you why.
For God is greater than any human being.
13 So why are you bringing a charge against him?
Why say he does not respond to people’s complaints?
1 Kings 2:46
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1 Kings 2:46
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46 Then, at the king’s command, Benaiah son of Jehoiada took Shimei outside and killed him.
So the kingdom was now firmly in Solomon’s grip.
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1 Kings 2:46
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1 Kings 2:46
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46 Then the king gave the order to Benaiah(A) son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei(B) down and he died.
The kingdom was now established(C) in Solomon’s hands.
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