Loyalty

Nave's Topical Bible

Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.

• Exodus 22:28 OT

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

• Numbers 27:20 OT

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

• Ezra 6:10 OT

  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 OT

  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.

• Job 34:18 OT

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

• Proverbs 24:21 OT

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

• Ecclesiastes 8:2 OT

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

• Ecclesiastes 10:4 OT

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

• Romans 13:1 NT

  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.

• Titus 3:1 NT

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

• Ezra 10:8 OT

  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.

• Proverbs 17:11 OT

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

• 2 Peter 2:10 NT

  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;

• Joshua 1:16-18 OT

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

• 2 Samuel 3:36 OT

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

• 2 Samuel 3:37 OT

  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 15:23 OT

  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 OT

  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. All the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

• 2 Samuel 18:3 OT

  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…

• 2 Samuel 21:17 OT

  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.”

• 1 Chronicles 12:38 OT

  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.

• 1 Samuel 24:6-10 OT

  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.” So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise…

• 1 Samuel 26:6-16 OT

  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.” So David and Abishai came to the…

• 2 Samuel 1:14 OT

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