Bible verses about "patriotism" | LITV

¹⁴ and My people, on whom My name is called, shall be humbled, and shall pray, and shall seek My face, and shall turn back from their evil ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

³⁷ And Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind." Deut. 6:5 ³⁸ This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like it: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Lev. 19:18 ⁴⁰ On these two commandments all the Law and the Prophets hang.

⁶ But you are going to hear of wars and rumors of wars. See, do not be terrified. For all things must take place, but the end is not yet.

¹³ Greater love than this has no one, that anyone should lay down his soul for his friends.

¹ Let every soul be subject to higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, but the existing authorities have been ordained by God. ² So that the one resisting authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and the ones opposing will receive judgment to themselves. ³ For the rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the bad. And do you desire not to fear the authority? Do the good, and you will have praise from it; ⁴ for it is a servant of God to you for the good. But if you practice evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to the one practicing evil. ⁵ Because of this, it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience. ⁶ For on this account you also pay taxes, for they are ministers of God, always giving attention to this very thing. ⁷ Then give to all their dues: to the one due tax, the tax; to the one due tribute, the tribute; to the one due fear, the fear; to the one due honor, the honor. ⁸ Do not continue to owe anything, except to love one another. For the one loving the other has fulfilled the law. ⁹ For, "Do not commit adultery," "do not murder," "do not steal," do not bear false witness, "do not lust," Ex. 20:13-15, 17 and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Lev. 19:18 ¹⁰ Love does not work evil to the neighbor. Then love is the fulfillment of law. ¹¹ Also this, knowing the time, that it is now the hour for you to be aroused from sleep, for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. ¹² The night is far gone, and the day has drawn near; then let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of the light. ¹³ Let us walk becomingly, as in the day, not in carousings and drunkennesses, not in co-habitation and lustful acts, not in fighting and envy. ¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not take thought beforehand for the lusts of the flesh.

¹⁶ as free, and not having freedom as a cover of evil, but as slaves of God;

²⁹ But answering Peter and the apostles said, It is right to obey God rather than man.

³⁶ Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My servants would have fought that I might not be delivered up to the Jews. But now My kingdom is not from here.

⁹ But you are "an elect race," "a royal priesthood," "a holy nation," "a people for possession," so that "you may openly speak of the virtues" of the One who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; LXX-Ex. 23:22; MT-Ex. 19:5, 6 ¹⁰ you who then were "not a people, but now are the people" of God; "the one not pitied then but now pitied." Hos. 1:6, 9 2:1, 23

¹⁷ honor all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

¹ First of all then, I exhort that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men, ² for kings and all the ones being in high position, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet existence in all godliness and dignity. ³ For this is good and acceptable before God our deliverer,

¹ Let every soul be subject to higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, but the existing authorities have been ordained by God. ² So that the one resisting authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and the ones opposing will receive judgment to themselves. ³ For the rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the bad. And do you desire not to fear the authority? Do the good, and you will have praise from it; ⁴ for it is a servant of God to you for the good. But if you practice evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to the one practicing evil. ⁵ Because of this, it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.

¹³ These all died by way of faith, not having received the promises, but seeing them from afar, and being persuaded, and having embraced and confessed that they are aliens and tenants. ¹⁴ For those saying such things make clear that they seek a fatherland. ¹⁵ And truly if they remembered that from which they came out, they had time to return. ¹⁶ But now they stretch forth to a better, that is, a heavenly land . Therefore, God is not ashamed of them, for Him to be called their God; for He prepared a city for them.

²⁰ For our citizenship is in Heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

¹² Blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah, the people He has chosen for His inheritance. ¹³ Jehovah looks down from Heaven; He sees all the sons of mankind. ¹⁴ From His dwellingplace He looks on all the inhabitants of the earth. ¹⁵ He forms the heart; He understands all their works. ¹⁶ The king is not saved by great force; a mighty man is not saved by great strength. ¹⁷ A horse is a vain thing for safety; nor does he save by his great strength. ¹⁸ Behold the eye of Jehovah is to those who fear Him, on those who hope in His mercy; ¹⁹ to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. ²⁰ Our soul waits for Jehovah; He is our help and shield. ²¹ For our heart rejoices in Him, because we trust in His holy name. ²² Let Your mercy be upon us, O Jehovah, even as we trust in You.