Bible Cross References
Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
1 Samuel 8:11-18
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"This is how your king will treat you," Samuel explained. "He will make soldiers of your sons; some of them will serve in his war chariots, others in his cavalry, and others will run before his chariots.
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He will make some of them officers in charge of a thousand men, and others in charge of fifty men. Your sons will have to plow his fields, harvest his crops, and make his weapons and the equipment for his chariots.
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Your daughters will have to make perfumes for him and work as his cooks and his bakers.
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He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive groves, and give them to his officials.
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He will take a tenth of your grain and of your grapes for his court officers and other officials.
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He will take your servants and your best cattle and donkeys, and make them work for him.
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He will take a tenth of your flocks. And you yourselves will become his slaves.
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When that time comes, you will complain bitterly because of your king, whom you yourselves chose, but the LORD will not listen to your complaints."
Deuteronomy 17:14-20
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"After you have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is going to give you and have settled there, then you will decide you need a king like all the nations around you.
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Be sure that the man you choose to be king is the one whom the LORD has chosen. He must be one of your own people; do not make a foreigner your king.
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The king is not to have a large number of horses for his army, and he is not to send people to Egypt to buy horses, because the LORD has said that his people are never to return there.
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The king is not to have many wives, because this would make him turn away from the LORD; and he is not to make himself rich with silver and gold.
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When he becomes king, he is to have a copy of the book of God's laws and teachings made from the original copy kept by the levitical priests.
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He is to keep this book near him and read from it all his life, so that he will learn to honor the LORD and to obey faithfully everything that is commanded in it.
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This will keep him from thinking that he is better than other Israelites and from disobeying the LORD's commands in any way. Then he will reign for many years, and his descendants will rule Israel for many generations.
Ezekiel 45:9
The Sovereign LORD said, "You have sinned too long, you rulers of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression. Do what is right and just. You must never again drive my people off their land. I, the Sovereign LORD, am telling you this.
Ezekiel 45:10
"Everyone must use honest weights and measures:
Ezekiel 46:16-18
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The Sovereign LORD commands: "If the ruling prince gives any of the land he owns to one of his sons as a present, it will belong to that son as a part of his family property.
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But if the ruling prince gives any of his land to anyone who is in his service, it will become the prince's property again when the Year of Restoration comes. It belongs to him, and only he and his sons can own it permanently.
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The ruling prince must not take any of the people's property away from them. Any land he gives to his sons must be from the land that is assigned to him, so that he will not oppress any of my people by taking their land."
Romans 13:1-7
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Everyone must obey state authorities, because no authority exists without God's permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God.
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Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered; and anyone who does so will bring judgment on himself.
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For rulers are not to be feared by those who do good, but by those who do evil. Would you like to be unafraid of those in authority? Then do what is good, and they will praise you,
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because they are God's servants working for your own good. But if you do evil, then be afraid of them, because their power to punish is real. They are God's servants and carry out God's punishment on those who do evil.
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For this reason you must obey the authorities---not just because of God's punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
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That is also why you pay taxes, because the authorities are working for God when they fulfill their duties.
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Pay, then, what you owe them; pay them your personal and property taxes, and show respect and honor for them all.
1 Timothy 2:2
for kings and all others who are in authority, that we may live a quiet and peaceful life with all reverence toward God and with proper conduct.
Titus 3:1
Remind your people to submit to rulers and authorities, to obey them, and to be ready to do good in every way.
1 Peter 2:13
For the sake of the Lord submit yourselves to every human authority: to the Emperor, who is the supreme authority,
1 Peter 2:14
and to the governors, who have been appointed by him to punish the evildoers and to praise those who do good.