Bible Cross References
fear
Exodus 14:31
And Israel saw the great hand which Jehovah had dealt against Egypt. And the people feared Jehovah, and believed Jehovah and His servant Moses.
1 Samuel 24:6
And he said to his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the anointed of Jehovah, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of Jehovah.
Ecclesiastes 8:2-5
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I say, Keep the king's edict, because of the oath of God.
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Do not be hasty to leave his presence. Do not take a stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever pleases him;
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because in the word of a king is power; and who may say to him, What are you doing?
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Whoever keeps the command shall experience no evil decree; and a wise man's heart discerns both time and judgment.
Matthew 22:21
They said to Him, Caesar's. And He said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
Romans 13:1-7
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Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are ordained by God.
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Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will receive judgment on themselves.
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For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.
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For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
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Therefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience.
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For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing.
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Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
Titus 3:1
Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey superiors, to be ready for every good work,
1 Peter 2:13-17
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Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man because of the Lord; whether to the king as supreme,
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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.
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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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as free, yet not using liberty as a pretext for evil, but as bondservants of God.
17
Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
meddle
Numbers 16:1-3
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Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men;
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and they rose up before Moses with some of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, representatives of the congregation, men of renown.
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They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, You take too much upon yourselves, for all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?
1 Samuel 8:5-7
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and said to him, Behold, you have become old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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But the thing made Samuel's eyes quiver when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah.
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And Jehovah said to Samuel, Consent to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, for Me to not reign over them.
1 Samuel 12:12-19
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And when you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, even though Jehovah your God was your king.
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Now therefore, behold the king whom you have chosen and whom you have asked for. And behold, Jehovah has set a king over you.
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If you will fear Jehovah and serve Him and obey His voice, and do not rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, then both you and the king who reigns over you shall follow Jehovah your God.
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However, if you do not obey the voice of Jehovah, but rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, then the hand of Jehovah will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
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Now therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing which Jehovah will do before your eyes:
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Is today not the wheat harvest? I will call to Jehovah, and He will send thunder and rain, that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask for a king for yourselves.
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So Samuel called unto Jehovah, and Jehovah sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel.
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And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to Jehovah your God, that we may not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king for ourselves.
2 Samuel 15:13-37
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And a messenger came to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom.
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And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; or we shall not escape before Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring evil upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.
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And the king's servants said to the king, We are your servants, ready to do whatever my lord the king decides.
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And the king went out with all his household at his feet. But the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house.
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And the king went out with all the people at his feet, and stopped at the last house of the settlement.
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And all his servants passed before him; and all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had followed him from Gath, were passing on before the king.
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Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you also going with us? Return to your place and remain with the king. For you are a foreigner and also an exile.
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You came only recently. Should I make you go here and there with us this day, since I am going wherever I can? Return, and take your brethren back. Mercy and truth be with you.
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And Ittai answered the king and said, As Jehovah lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also your servant will be.
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And David said to Ittai, Go, and cross over. Then Ittai the Gittite and all his men and all the little ones who were with him crossed over.
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And all the land was weeping with a loud voice, and all the people were crossing over. The king himself also crossed over the Brook Kidron, and all the people crossed over toward the way of the wilderness.
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And behold Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing over out of the city.
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And the king said to Zadok, Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, He will bring me back and show me both it and His dwelling place.
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But if He says thus: I have not delighted in you, then behold, here am I, let Him do to me as is good in His eyes.
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The king also said to Zadok the priest, Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
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See, I will wait in the plains of the wilderness until word comes from you to report to me.
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Therefore Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there.
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And David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up; and he had his head covered and was going barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went up.
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And someone reported to David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!
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And it happened when David had come to the top of the mountain, where he bowed down before God, that behold Hushai the Archite was coming to meet him with his tunic torn and earth on his head.
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And David said to him, If you go on with me, then you will become a burden to me.
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But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I was your father's servant previously, so I will now also be your servant, then you may frustrate the counsel of Ahithophel for me.
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And do you not have Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? Therefore it will be that whatever you hear from the king's house, you shall report to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
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Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by their hands you shall send to me everything you hear.
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So Hushai, David's friend, went into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.
1 Kings 12:16
And when all Israel saw that the king had not heeded them, the people answered the king, saying: What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Now, see to your own house, O David! And Israel departed to their tents.