Bible verses about "politics" | JuliaSmith

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.

¹⁸ And Jesus, having come near, spake to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth:

¹¹ And that ye be ambitions to remain quiet, and attend to your own things, and work with your own hands, as we enjoined you; ¹² That ye should walk becomingly to them without, and have need of nothing.

¹⁷ Honour all. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.

²⁰ For our citizenship is in the heavens; from whence we also expect the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:

⁷ When the needy shall be among thee, from one of thy brethren, in one of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, and thou shalt not shut thy hand from thy needy brother. ⁸ For opening, thou shalt open thy hand to him, and lending, thou shalt lend him a sufficiency for his want which he shall want ⁹ Watch to thyself lest a word shall be with thy heart, of Belial, saying. The seventh year, the year of remission is drawing near; and thine eye be evil against thy needy brother and thou wilt not give to him; and he call against thee to Jehovah, and it was sin in thee. ¹⁰ Giving, thou shalt give to him, and thy heart shall not be evil in thy giving to him; for because of this word Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all thy works, and in all the sending forth of thy hand. ¹¹ For the needy shall not cease from the midst of thy land: for this I command thee, saying, Opening, thou shalt open thy hand to thy brother, to thy afflicted and to thy needy in thy land.

¹² Happy the nation to whom Jehovah is his God; the people he chose for an inheritance to him.

²⁴ None can serve two lords: for either he will hate one and love the other; or hold firmly to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

²⁹ And Peter having answered, and the sent, said, We must obey God rather than men.

¹⁷ Therefore say to us, What seems to thee Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? ¹⁸ But Jesus, having known their evil, said, Why tempt ye me, hypocrites? ¹⁹ Show me the piece of money of tribute. And they brought him a drachma. ²⁰ And he says to them, Whose is this image and inscription? ²¹ They say to him, Caesar's. Then says he to them, Give back then to Caesar the things of Caesar; and the things of God to God.

⁹ And foolish questions, and genealogies, and strifes, and conflicts pertaining to the law, avoid; for they are unprofitable and vain.

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.

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.