12 Bible Verses about Dissent

Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head."

If someone carries holy meat in a fold of his garment and that fold touches bread, a boiled dish, wine, olive oil, or any other food, will that item become holy?'" The priests answered, "It will not."

He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" So I responded, "No, sir."

He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" And I said, "No, sir."

But he denied it: "I don't even understand what you're talking about!" Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed.

But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, "You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean."

But his mother replied, "No! He must be named John."

Let your word be 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no.' More than this is from the evil one.

Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?

But as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No."

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us -- by me and Silvanus and Timothy -- was not "Yes" and "No," but it has always been "Yes" in him.

And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your "Yes" be yes and your "No" be no, so that you may not fall into judgment.