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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1 Peter 2:19
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19 For this is (A)commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
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Acts 24:16
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16 (A)This being so, I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men.
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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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Titus 3:1-2
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Graces of the Heirs of Grace
3 Remind them (A)to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, (B)to be ready for every good work, 2 to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
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1 Peter 3:16
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16 (A)having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
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1 Peter 2:13-15
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Submission to Government(A)
13 (B)Therefore submit yourselves to every [a]ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme, 14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—
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Hebrews 13:18
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Prayer Requested
18 (A)Pray for us; for we are confident that we have (B)a good conscience, in all things desiring to live honorably.
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1 Samuel 24:5-6
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5 Now it happened afterward that (A)David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe. 6 And he said to his men, (B)“The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.”
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