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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And he said, This shall be the manner of the king that shall rule over you: he shall take your sons, and put them in his chariots, and among his horsemen, and running before his chariots,
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and [his manner shall be] to make them to himself captains of hundreds and captains of thousands; and to reap his harvest, and gather his vintage, and prepare his instruments of war, and the implements of his chariots.
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And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and cooks, and bakers.
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And he will take your fields, your vineyards, and your good olive groves, and give them to his servants.
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And he will take the tithe of your seeds and your vineyards, and give it to his eunuchs, and to his servants.
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And he will take your servants, and your handmaids, and your good herds and your donkeys, and he will take a tenth of them for his works.
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And he will take a tenth of your flocks; and you shall be his servants.
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And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the Lord shall not hear you in those days, because you have chosen for yourselves a king.
Deuteronomy 17:14-20
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And when you shall enter into the land which the Lord your God gives you, and shall inherit it and dwell in it, and shall say, I will set a ruler over me, as also the other nations round about me;
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you shall surely set over you the ruler whom the Lord God shall choose: of your brothers you shall set over you a ruler; you shall not have power to set over you a stranger, because he is not your brother.
16
For he shall not multiply to himself horses, and he shall by no means turn the people back to Egypt, lest he should multiply to himself horses; for the Lord said, You shall not return that way again.
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And he shall not multiply to himself wives, lest his heart turn away; and he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
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And when he shall be established in his government, then shall he write for himself this repetition of the law into a book by the hands of the priests the Levites;
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and it shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord your God, and to keep all these commandments, and to observe these ordinances;
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that his heart be not lifted up above his brothers, that he depart not from the commandments on the right hand or on the left; that he and his sons may reign long in his dominion among the children of Israel.
Ezekiel 45:9
Thus says the Lord God: Let it suffice you, you princes of Israel; remove injustice and misery, execute judgment and justice; take away oppression from My people, says the Lord God.
Ezekiel 45:10
You shall have a just balance, and a just measure, and a just bath for measure.
Ezekiel 46:16-18
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Thus says the Lord God: If the prince shall give a gift to one of his sons out of his inheritance, this shall be to his sons a possession [as] an inheritance.
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But if he give a gift to one of his servants, then it shall belong to him until the year of release; and [then] he shall restore [it] to the prince; but of the inheritance of his sons [the possession] shall continue to them.
18
And the prince shall by no means take of the inheritance of the people, to oppress them: he shall give an inheritance to his sons out of his [own] possession; that My people be not scattered, everyone from his possession.
Romans 13:1-7
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Let every soul submit to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God, and the authorities that exist are instituted by God.
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Consequently the [one] resisting the authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and those opposing shall receive judgment to themselves.
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For rulers are not a fear to good works, but to evil. And do you wish not to fear the authority? Do what is good, and you shall have praise from the same.
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For he is God's servant to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's servant, an avenger for wrath to the [one] practicing evil.
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Therefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
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For on account of this you also pay taxes, for they are ministers of God, always giving attention to this very thing.
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Render therefore to all their dues: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
1 Timothy 2:2
on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
Titus 3:1
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
1 Peter 2:13
Therefore subject yourselves to every human institution on account of the Lord: whether to the king as [to one] having authority,
1 Peter 2:14
or to governors, as to those being sent for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise [of those] doing good.