Ecclesiastes 8:2
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2 I say:[a] Keep the king's command, because of (A)God's oath to him.[b]
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- Ecclesiastes 8:2 Hebrew lacks say
- Ecclesiastes 8:2 Or because of your oath to God
1 Kings 2:43
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43 Why then have you not kept your oath to the Lord and the commandment with which I commanded you?”
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Titus 3:1
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Be Ready for Every Good Work
3 Remind them (A)to be submissive to rulers and authorities, (B)to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
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Proverbs 24:21
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21 My son, (A)fear the Lord and the king,
and do not join with those who do otherwise,
1 Peter 2:13-17
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Submission to Authority
13 (A)Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution,[a] whether it be to the emperor[b] as supreme, 14 or to governors as sent by him (B)to punish those who do evil and (C)to praise those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, (D)that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. 16 (E)Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but (F)living as servants[c] of God. 17 (G)Honor everyone. (H)Love the brotherhood. (I)Fear God. Honor the emperor.
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- 1 Peter 2:13 Or every institution ordained for people
- 1 Peter 2:13 Or king; also verse 17
- 1 Peter 2:16 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Romans 13:1-5
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Submission to the Authorities
13 Let every person (A)be subject to the governing authorities. For (B)there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you (C)will receive his approval, 4 for (D)he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, (E)an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also (F)for the sake of conscience.
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Ezekiel 17:13-20
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13 (A)And he took one of the royal offspring[a] (B)and made a covenant with him, (C)putting him under oath ((D)the chief men of the land he had taken away), 14 that the kingdom might be humble and not lift itself up, and keep his covenant that it might stand. 15 (E)But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors (F)to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. (G)Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he (H)break the covenant and yet escape?
16 (I)“As I live, declares the Lord God, surely (J)in the place where the king dwells (K)who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant with him he broke, in Babylon he shall die. 17 (L)Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, (M)when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives. 18 He despised the oath in breaking the covenant, and behold, he gave his hand and did all these things; he shall not escape. 19 Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely it is my oath that he despised, and my covenant that he broke. I will return it upon his head. 20 (N)I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon (O)and enter into judgment with him there (P)for the treachery he has committed against me.
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- Ezekiel 17:13 Hebrew seed
1 Chronicles 29:24
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24 All the leaders and the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon.
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2 Samuel 21:7
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7 But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Saul's son Jonathan, because of (A)the oath of the Lord that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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Exodus 22:11
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11 (A)an oath by the Lord shall be between them both to see whether or not he has put his hand to his neighbor's property. The owner shall accept the oath, and he shall not make restitution.
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