Proverbs 24:21

Learning From Your Father

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For there will be no future for the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked will be put out. ²¹ 
My son, fear the Lord and the king;
And do not associate with those who are given to change [of allegiance, and are revolutionary],
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For their tragedy will rise suddenly,
And who knows the punishment that both [the Lord and the king] will bring on the rebellious?

Fear of the Lord

Fear the Lord

Jehovah

No

Romans 13:1-7

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God [granted by His permission and sanction], and those which exist have been put in place by God.

Exodus 14:31

When Israel saw the great power which the Lord had used against the Egyptians, they feared the Lord [with reverence and awe-filled respect], and they believed in the Lord, and in His servant Moses.

Numbers 16:1-3

Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, descendants of Reuben, took action,

1 Samuel 8:5-7

and said to him, “Look, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint us a king to judge us [and rule over us] like all the other nations.”

1 Samuel 12:12-19

But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites had come against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us’—although the Lord your God was your King.

1 Samuel 24:6

He said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to put out my hand against him, since he is the anointed of the Lord.”

2 Samuel 15:13-37

Then a messenger came to David, saying, “The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom.”

1 Kings 12:16

So when all [the ten northern tribes of] Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people replied to the king, saying,“What portion do we have in David?
We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse;
To your tents, O Israel!
Look now after your own house, David!” Then Israel went back to their tents.

Ecclesiastes 8:2-5

I counsel you to keep the command of the king because of the oath before God [by which you swore loyalty to him].

Matthew 22:21

They said, “[The Emperor Tiberius] Caesar’s.” Then He said to them, “Then pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s; and to God the things that are God’s.”

Titus 3:1

Remind people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready and willing to do good,

1 Peter 2:13-17

Submit yourselves to [the authority of] every human institution for the sake of the Lord [to honor His name], whether it is to a king as one in a position of power,