Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
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Bible References
Despise
Luke 19:14
"Now his countrymen hated him, and sent a deputation after him to say, 'We are not willing that he should become our king.'
Acts 7:27
"But the man who was doing the wrong resented his interference, and asked, "'Who appointed you magistrate and judge over us?
1 Thessalonians 4:8
Therefore a defiant spirit in such a case provokes not man but God, who puts His Holy Spirit into your hearts.
Hebrews 13:17
Obey your leaders and be submissive to them. For they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will have to give account; that they may do this with joy and not with lamentation. For that would be of no advantage to you.
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1 Peter 2:13
Submit, for the Lord's sake, to every authority set up by man, whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler,