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• Exodus 22:28

  “You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

• Numbers 12:1

  Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.

• Numbers 12:2

  They said, “Has Yahweh indeed spoken only with Moses? Hasn’t he spoken also with us?” And Yahweh heard it.

• Numbers 12:3

  Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

• Numbers 12:4

  Yahweh spoke suddenly to Moses, to Aaron, and to Miriam, “You three come out to the Tent of Meeting!” The three of them came out.

• Numbers 12:5

  Yahweh came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the door of the Tent, and called Aaron and Miriam; and they both came forward.

• Numbers 12:6

  He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

• Numbers 12:7

  My servant Moses is not so. He is faithful in all my house.

• Numbers 12:8

  With him, I will speak mouth to mouth, even plainly, and not in riddles; and he shall see Yahweh’s form. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant, against Moses?”

• Numbers 12:9

  Yahweh’s anger burned against them; and he departed.

• Numbers 12:10

  The cloud departed from over the Tent; and behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. Aaron looked at Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.

• Numbers 12:11

  Aaron said to Moses, “Oh, my lord, please don’t count this sin against us, in which we have done foolishly, and in which we have sinned.

• Numbers 26:9

  The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. These are that Dathan and Abiram, who were called by the congregation, who rebelled against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they rebelled against Yahweh,

• Numbers 27:20

  You shall give authority to him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

• Joshua 1:16

  They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

• Joshua 1:17

  Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.

• Joshua 1:18

  Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn’t listen to your words in all that you command him shall himself be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”

• Judges 9:22

  Abimelech was prince over Israel three years.

• Judges 12:1

  The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”

• Judges 12:2

  Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn’t save me out of their hand.

• Judges 12:3

  When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and Yahweh delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me today, to fight against me?”

• Judges 12:4

  Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.”

• 1 Samuel 10:27

  But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

• 1 Samuel 24:6

  He said to his men, “Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is Yahweh’s anointed.”

• 1 Samuel 24:7

  So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.

• 1 Samuel 24:8

  David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and showed respect.

• 1 Samuel 24:9

  David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’

• 1 Samuel 24:10

  Behold, today your eyes have seen how Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not stretch out my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh’s anointed.

• 1 Samuel 26:6

  Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?” Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

• 1 Samuel 26:7

  So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him.

• 1 Samuel 26:8

  Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”

• 1 Samuel 26:9

  David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?”

• 1 Samuel 26:10

  David said, “As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

• 1 Samuel 26:11

  Yahweh forbid that I should stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let us go.”

• 1 Samuel 26:12

  So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head; and they went away: and no man saw it, or knew it, nor did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh was fallen on them.

• 1 Samuel 26:13

  Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;

• 1 Samuel 26:14

  and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Don’t you answer, Abner?” Then Abner answered, “Who are you who cries to the king?”

• 1 Samuel 26:15

  David said to Abner, “Aren’t you a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.

• 1 Samuel 26:16

  This thing isn’t good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh’s anointed. Now see where the king’s spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.”

• 2 Samuel 1:14

  David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”

• 2 Samuel 3:36

  All the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.

• 2 Samuel 3:37

  So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.

• 2 Samuel 15:10

  But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”

• 2 Samuel 15:11

  Two hundred men went with Absalom out of Jerusalem, who were invited, and went in their simplicity; and they didn’t know anything.

• 2 Samuel 15:12

  Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. The conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom.

• 2 Samuel 15:13

  A messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.”

• 2 Samuel 15:23

  All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

• 2 Samuel 15:30

  David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

• 2 Samuel 17:1

  Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Let me now choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.

• 2 Samuel 17:2

  I will come on him while he is weary and exhausted, and will make him afraid. All the people who are with him will flee. I will strike the king only,

• 2 Samuel 17:3

  and I will bring back all the people to you. The man whom you seek is as if all returned. All the people shall be in peace.”

• 2 Samuel 17:4

  The saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

• 2 Samuel 17:15

  Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel that way; and I have counseled this way.

• 2 Samuel 17:16

  Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, ‘Don’t lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people who are with him.’”

• 2 Samuel 18:3

  But the people said, “You shall not go out; for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us. But you are worth ten thousand of us. Therefore now it is better that you are ready to help us out of the city.”

• 2 Samuel 18:12

  The man said to Joab, “Though I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I still wouldn’t stretch out my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Beware that no one touch the young man Absalom.’

• 2 Samuel 18:13

  Otherwise if I had dealt falsely against his life (and there is no matter hidden from the king), then you yourself would have set yourself against me.”

• 2 Samuel 19:5

  Joab came into the house to the king, and said, “Today you have shamed the faces of all your servants, who today have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines;

• 2 Samuel 19:6

  in that you love those who hate you, and hate those who love you. For you have declared today, that princes and servants are nothing to you. For today I perceive that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died today, then it would have pleased you well.

• 2 Samuel 19:32

  Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old. He had provided the king with sustenance while he stayed at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man.

• 2 Samuel 20:1

  There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet, and said, “We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!”

• 2 Samuel 20:2

  So all the men of Israel went up from following David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah joined with their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem.

• 2 Samuel 21:17

  But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, “Don’t go out with us to battle any more, so that you don’t quench the lamp of Israel.”

• 2 Samuel 23:15

  David longed, and said, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”

• 2 Samuel 23:16

  The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.

• 1 Kings 1:5

  Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, “I will be king.” Then he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

• 1 Kings 1:6

  His father had not displeased him at any time in saying, “Why have you done so?” and he was also a very handsome man; and he was born after Absalom.

• 1 Kings 1:7

  He conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest; and they followed Adonijah and helped him.

• 1 Kings 11:14

  Yahweh raised up an adversary to Solomon: Hadad the Edomite. He was one of the king’s offspring in Edom.

• 1 Kings 11:15

  For when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck every male in Edom

• 1 Kings 11:16

  (for Joab and all Israel remained there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom);

• 1 Kings 11:17

  Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt, when Hadad was still a little child.

• 1 Kings 11:18

  They arose out of Midian, and came to Paran; and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house, and appointed him food, and gave him land.

• 1 Kings 11:19

  Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him as wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen.

• 1 Kings 11:20

  The sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s house among the sons of Pharaoh.

• 1 Kings 11:21

  When Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, “Let me depart, that I may go to my own country.”

• 1 Kings 11:22

  Then Pharaoh said to him, “But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you seek to go to your own country?” He answered, “Nothing, however only let me depart.”

• 1 Kings 11:23

  God raised up an adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah.

• 1 Kings 11:24

  He gathered men to himself, and became captain over a troop, when David killed them of Zobah. They went to Damascus, and lived there, and reigned in Damascus.

• 1 Kings 11:25

  He was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief of Hadad. He abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria.

• 1 Kings 11:26

  Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother’s name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king.

• 1 Kings 12:16

  When all Israel saw that the king didn’t listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion have we in David? We don’t have an inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now see to your own house, David.” So Israel departed to their tents.

• 1 Kings 12:17

  But as for the children of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them.

• 1 Kings 12:18

  Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to forced labor; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. King Rehoboam hurried to get himself up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

• 1 Kings 12:19

  So Israel rebelled against David’s house to this day.

• 1 Kings 15:27

  Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha struck him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel were besieging Gibbethon.

• 1 Kings 16:9

  His servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah;

• 2 Kings 11:4

  In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him into Yahweh’s house; and he made a covenant with them, and made a covenant with them in Yahweh’s house, and showed them the king’s son.

• 2 Kings 11:5

  He commanded them, saying, “This is what you must do: a third of you, who come in on the Sabbath, shall be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;

• 2 Kings 11:6

  a third of you shall be at the gate Sur; and a third of you at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep the watch of the house, and be a barrier.

• 2 Kings 11:7

  The two companies of you, even all who go out on the Sabbath, shall keep the watch of Yahweh’s house around the king.

• 2 Kings 11:8

  You shall surround the king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and he who comes within the ranks, let him be slain. Be with the king when he goes out, and when he comes in.”

• 2 Kings 11:9

  The captains over hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they each took his men, those who were to come in on the Sabbath, with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

• 2 Kings 11:10

  The priest delivered to the captains over hundreds the spears and shields that had been king David’s, which were in Yahweh’s house.

• 2 Kings 11:11

  The guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, along by the altar and the house, around the king.

• 2 Kings 11:12

  Then he brought out the king’s son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, “Long live the king!”

• 2 Kings 12:19

  Now the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

• 2 Kings 12:20

  His servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and struck Joash at the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.

• 2 Kings 12:21

  For Jozacar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in David’s city; and Amaziah his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 14:5

  As soon as the kingdom was established in his hand, he killed his servants who had slain the king his father,

• 2 Kings 14:19

  They made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and killed him there.

• 2 Kings 15:10

  Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and struck him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 15:14

  Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, came to Samaria, struck Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, killed him, and reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 15:25

  Pekah the son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against him and attacked him in Samaria, in the fortress of the king’s house, with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites. He killed him, and reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 15:30

  Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

• 2 Kings 19:37

  As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Kings 21:23

  The servants of Amon conspired against him, and put the king to death in his own house.

• 1 Chronicles 12:38

  All these were men of war, who could order the battle array, and came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

• Ezra 6:10

  that they may offer sacrifices of pleasant aroma to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

• Ezra 7:26

  Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

• Ezra 10:8

  and that whoever didn’t come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited, and himself separated from the assembly of the captivity.

• Esther 2:21

  In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

• Esther 2:22

  This thing became known to Mordecai, who informed Esther the queen; and Esther informed the king in Mordecai’s name.

• Esther 2:23

  When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.

• Job 34:18

  Who says to a king, ‘Vile!’ or to nobles, ‘Wicked!’?

• Proverbs 14:28

  In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

• Proverbs 14:35

  The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

• Proverbs 16:14

  The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

• Proverbs 16:15

  In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

• Proverbs 17:11

  An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

• Proverbs 19:10

  Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

• Proverbs 19:12

  The king’s wrath is like the roaring of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

• Proverbs 20:2

  The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.

• Proverbs 22:11

  He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.

• Proverbs 23:1

  When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

• Proverbs 23:2

  put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.

• Proverbs 23:3

  Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

• Proverbs 24:21

  My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious:

• Proverbs 25:6

  Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king, or claim a place among great men;

• Proverbs 25:7

  for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,” than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whom your eyes have seen.

• Proverbs 25:15

  By patience a ruler is persuaded. A soft tongue breaks the bone.

• Ecclesiastes 8:2

  I say, “Keep the king’s command!” because of the oath to God.

• Ecclesiastes 8:3

  Don’t be hasty to go out of his presence. Don’t persist in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him,

• Ecclesiastes 8:4

  for the king’s word is supreme. Who can say to him, “What are you doing?”

• Ecclesiastes 10:4

  If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

• Ecclesiastes 10:20

  Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

• Jeremiah 29:7

  Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.”

• Jeremiah 40:14

  and said to him, “Do you know that Baalis the king of the children of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam didn’t believe them.

• Jeremiah 40:15

  Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, “Please let me go, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it. Why should he take your life, that all the Jews who are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant of Judah perish?”

• Jeremiah 40:16

  But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing; for you speak falsely of Ishmael.”

• Ezekiel 17:12

  “Say now to the rebellious house, ‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’ Tell them, ‘Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.

• Ezekiel 17:13

  He took some of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;

• Ezekiel 17:14

  that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.

• Ezekiel 17:15

  But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?

• Ezekiel 17:16

  “‘As I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.

• Ezekiel 17:17

  Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.

• Ezekiel 17:18

  For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won’t escape.

• Ezekiel 17:19

  “Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, I will even bring it on his own head.

• Ezekiel 17:20

  I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.

• Matthew 17:24

  When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the didrachma?”

• Matthew 17:25

  He said, “Yes.” When he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive toll or tribute? From their children, or from strangers?”

• Matthew 17:26

  Peter said to him, “From strangers.” Jesus said to him, “Therefore the children are exempt.

• Matthew 17:27

  But, lest we cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a stater coin. Take that, and give it to them for me and you.”

• Matthew 22:17

  Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

• Matthew 22:18

  But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites?

• Matthew 22:19

  Show me the tax money.” They brought to him a denarius.

• Matthew 22:20

  He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”

• Matthew 22:21

  They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

• Mark 12:14

  When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

• Mark 12:15

  Shall we give, or shall we not give?” But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, “Why do you test me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.”

• Mark 12:16

  They brought it. He said to them, “Whose is this image and inscription?” They said to him, “Caesar’s.”

• Mark 12:17

  Jesus answered them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” They marveled greatly at him.

• Mark 15:7

  There was one called Barabbas, bound with his fellow insurgents, men who in the insurrection had committed murder.

• Luke 20:22

  Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”

• Luke 20:23

  But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, “Why do you test me?

• Luke 20:24

  Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” They answered, “Caesar’s.”

• Luke 20:25

  He said to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

• Acts 5:36

  For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.

• Acts 5:37

  After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad.

• Acts 16:37

  But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”

• Acts 19:35

  When the town clerk had quieted the multitude, he said, “You men of Ephesus, what man is there who doesn’t know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great goddess Artemis, and of the image which fell down from Zeus?

• Acts 19:36

  Seeing then that these things can’t be denied, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rash.

• Acts 19:37

  For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.

• Acts 19:38

  If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.

• Acts 19:39

  But if you seek anything about other matters, it will be settled in the regular assembly.

• Acts 19:40

  For indeed we are in danger of being accused concerning today’s riot, there being no cause. Concerning it, we wouldn’t be able to give an account of this commotion.”

• Acts 19:41

  When he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

• Acts 21:38

  Aren’t you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?”

• Acts 22:25

  When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

• Acts 22:26

  When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”

• Acts 22:27

  The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”

• Acts 22:28

  The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”

• Acts 22:29

  Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.

• Acts 23:5

  Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

• Acts 24:18

  amid which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a mob, nor with turmoil.

• Acts 24:19

  They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.

• Acts 25:5

  “Let them therefore”, said he, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”

• Acts 25:10

  But Paul said, “I am standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.

• Acts 25:16

  To whom I answered that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction, before the accused has met the accusers face to face, and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.

• Romans 13:1

  Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.

• Romans 13:2

  Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

• Romans 13:3

  For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,

• Romans 13:5

  Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.

• Romans 13:6

  For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, attending continually on this very thing.

• Romans 13:7

  Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

• Ephesians 2:19

  So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God,

• Philippians 3:20

  For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ;

• 1 Timothy 2:1

  I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:

• 1 Timothy 2:2

  for kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.

• 2 Timothy 1:8

  Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

• 2 Timothy 3:1

  But know this, that in the last days, grievous times will come.

• 2 Timothy 3:2

  For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

• 2 Timothy 3:3

  without natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, not lovers of good,

• 2 Timothy 3:4

  traitors, headstrong, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God;

• Titus 3:1

  Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

• 1 Peter 2:13

  Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

• 1 Peter 2:14

  or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.

• 1 Peter 2:15

  For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

• 1 Peter 2:16

  as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

• 1 Peter 2:17

  Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

• 2 Peter 2:10

  but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;