12 Bible Verses about Dissent
Most Relevant Verses
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 the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?'" The priests answered, "No."
Then the angel who talked with me answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
He answered me, "Do you not know what these are?" I said, "No, my lord."
But he denied it, saying, "I neither know, nor understand what you are saying." He went out on the porch.
But he again denied it. After a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, "You truly are one of them, for you are a Galilean."
But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No' be 'No.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not "Yes and no," but in him is "Yes."
But above all things, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your "yes" be "yes," and your "no," "no;" so that you do not fall under judgment.