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submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will
give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for
this would be unprofitable for you.
Hebrews 13:17
A wise man is cautious and turns away
from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless. A quick-tempered
man acts foolishly, and a man of evil devices is hated.
Proverbs 14:16-17
Samuel said, "Has the LORD
as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in
obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better
than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams. For rebellion
is as the sin of divination, and insubordination is as
iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word
of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king."
1 Samuel 15:22-23
Submit yourselves for the Lord's
sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the
one in authority, or to governors as sent by him for the
punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do
right. For such is the will of God that by doing right
you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.
1 Peter 2:13-15
"If you consent and obey, you
will eat the best of the land; but if you refuse and rebel,
you will be devoured by the sword." Truly, the mouth
of the LORD has spoken.
Isaiah 1:19-20
Therefore, prepare your minds for
action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely
on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of
Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed
to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance.
1 Peter 1:13-14
Have this attitude in yourselves
which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed
in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a
thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form
of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.
Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself
by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death
on a cross.
Philippians 2:5-8
Therefore do not let sin reign
in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do
not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as
instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves
to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as
instruments of righteousness to God.
Romans 6:12-13
So this I say, and affirm together
with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles
also walk, in the futility of their mind, being darkened
in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because
of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness
of their heart.
Ephesians 4:17-18
You were formerly darkness, but
now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light.
Ephesians 5:8
Submit therefore to God. Resist the
devil and he will flee from you.
James 4:7
Although He was a Son, He learned obedience
from the things which He suffered.
Hebrews 5:8
You younger men, likewise, be subject
to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with
humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the
proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble
yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt
you at the proper time.
1 Peter 5:5-6
Be subject to one another in the fear
of Christ.
Ephesians 5:21
No harm befalls the righteous, but
the wicked are filled with trouble.
Proverbs 12:21
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