1 Chronicles 21:4
But the king's edict stood, despite Joab's objections. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem.
Exodus 1:17
But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
2 Samuel 24:3-8
Joab replied to the king, "May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?"
Ecclesiastes 8:4
Surely the king's authority is absolute; no one can say to him, "What are you doing?"
Daniel 3:18
But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don't serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."
Acts 5:29
But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.