12 Bible Verses about Dissent
Most Relevant Verses
And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father; for this is the first-born; put thy right hand upon his head.
If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
But he denied, saying, I neither know, nor understand what thou sayest: and he went out into the porch; and the cock crew.
But he again denied it. And after a little while again they that stood by said to Peter, of a truth thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilaean.
But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one .
When I therefore was thus minded, did I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay?
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea.
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.