Bible verses about "voting" | JuliaSmith

³ Ye shall not trust in nobles: in the son of man, to him no salvation. ⁴ His spirit shall go forth, he shall turn back to his earth; in that day his thoughts perished. ⁵ Happy is he the God of Jacob for his help, his hope upon Jehovah his God: ⁶ He made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them: he watched the truth forever. ⁷ He did judgment for the oppressed; he gave bread to the hungering: Jehovah loosed those being bound. ⁸ Jehovah opened the eyes of the blind: Jehovah raised those being bowed down: Jehovah loved the just ⁹ Jehovah watched the strangers he will restore the orphan and the widow, and he will overturn the way of the unjust ¹⁰ Jehovah shall reign forever, thy God, O Zion, to generation and generation. Praise ye Jah.

²¹ And he changes the times and the seasons; removing kings and setting up kings; giving wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those knowing understanding.

¹ I Beseech therefore, first of all, supplications to be made, prayers, entreaties, thanks, for all men; ² For kings, and all them being in eminence; that we may lead a gentle and quiet life, in all devotion and gravity.

¹⁴ When thou shalt come to the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, and shall possess it and shall dwell in it, and thou saidst, I will set over me a king according to all the nations which are round about me; ¹⁵ Setting, thou shalt set over thee a king whom Jehovah thy God shall choose in him: from the midst of thy brethren thou shalt set over thee a king: thou shalt not be able to set over thee a foreigner who is not of thy brethren. ¹⁶ Only he shall not multiply. to himself horses, and he shall not turn back the people to Egypt in order to multiply the horse: and Jehovah said to you, Ye shall no more add to turn back that way. ¹⁷ And he shall not multiply to him wives, and his heart shall not turn away: and silver and gold he shall not greatly multiply to himself. ¹⁸ And it was when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom and he wrote for him this second law upon a book, from before the priests, the Levites. ¹⁹ And it shall be with him, and he read in it all the days of his life; so that he shall learn to fear Jehovah his God, to watch all the words of this instruction and these laws to do them: ²⁰ Not to lift up his head above his brethren, and not to turn away from the commands, to the right or to the left; so that he shall prolong the days upon his kingdom he, and his sons in the midst of Israel.

² In the increasing of the just the people will rejoice: and in the ruling of the unjust one the people will groan.

¹⁷ And Moses' father-in-law will say to him, The word is not good which thou doest. ¹⁸ Fading, thou wilt fade away, also thou, also this people that is with thee: for this word is heavy for thee; thou wilt not be able to do it thyself alone. ¹⁹ Now hear to my voice, I will advise thee, and God will be with thee: be thou for the people towards God, and bring thou their words to God; ²⁰ And teach them the laws and the precepts and make known to them the way they shall go in it, and the work which they shall do. ²¹ And thou shalt look out from all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, men hating gain; and set thou over them chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of ten.

² The heart of the wise one to his right, and the heart of the foolish one to his left.

¹ Let every soul be placed under the protecting powers. For there is no power except from God: and the powers being, were ordered by God.

¹ Remind them to be subordinate to beginnings and powers, to yield obedience to authority, to be prepared for every good work, ² To slander none, to be without fighting, equitable, showing all meekness to all men. ³ For once we also were unwise disobedient, deceived, being slaves to eager desires and various pleasures, living in vexation and envy, hated, and hating one another. ⁴ And when the kindness and philanthropy of our Saviour God was made evident, ⁵ Not of works in justice which we did; but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and the renovation of the Holy Spirit; ⁶ Which he poured out upon us richly by Jesus Christ our Saviour; ⁷ That justified by his grace, we might be heirs according to the hope of eternal life. ⁸ Faithful the word, and I wish for thee to be assured of these things, that they having believed God might turn their thoughts to excel in good works. These things are good and profitable to men. ⁹ And foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and conflicts pertaining to the law, avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain. ¹⁰ A man, a heretic after one and the second admonition, reject; ¹¹ Knowing such to be turned back, and he sins, being self-condemned.

¹ Let every soul be placed under the protecting powers. For there is no power except from God: and the powers being, were ordered by God. ² So he opposing the power, has resisted the arrangement of God: and they having resisted shall receive to themselves judgment. ³ For rulers are not the terror of good works, but of evil. And wilt thou not fear the power do good, and thou shalt have approbation of it: ⁴ For he is servant of God to thee for good. And if thou do evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword without order: for he is servant of God, avenging for anger to him doing evil. ⁵ Wherefore necessity to be placed under, not only for anger, but also for consciousness. ⁶ For this also pay ye taxes: for they are workmen of God, persevering in this same. ⁷ Therefore restore debts to all; to whom tribute, tribute; to whom recompense, recompense; to whom fear, fear; to whom honour, honour. ⁸ Owe ye nothing to none, except to love one another: for he loving another has completed the law. ⁹ For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false testimony, Thou shalt not covet; and if any other command in this word it is summed up, in it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁰ Love works no evil to the neighbor: love therefore the completion of the law. ¹¹ And this, knowing the time, that already the hour ye should be awakened out of sleep: for now our salvation nearer than when we believed. ¹² The night has advanced, and the day has drawn near: therefore let us lay down the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light. ¹³ As in the day, let us walk becomingly; not in revelries and drunkenness, not in coition and licentiousness, not in strife and envy. ¹⁴ But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not consideration for the flesh, for the passions.

¹³ Give to yourselves men wise and known to your tribes, and I will set them for your heads.