12 Bible Verses about Dissent
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And Joseph said unto his father - Not so, my father! for, this, is the firstborn, lay thy right hand upon his head.
If a man carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and then toucheth with his skirt bread or a cooked dish or wine or oil or any food, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
Then answered the messenger who was speaking with me, and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these, are? And I said, No my lord.
And he spake unto me, saying, Knowest thou not what these are? And I said, No, my lord.
But, he, denied, saying - I neither know him , nor do I well understand what, thou, sayest; and went out into the porch.
But, he, again, was denying. And, after a little again, the by-standers, were saying unto Peter - Truly, thou, art, from among them; for thou art, a Galilaean, also.
But let your word be, Yea, yea, - Nay, nay; and, what goeth beyond these, is, of evil.
This, then, being my purpose, perhaps, after all, with lightness, I dealt with the matter ? or, the things that I purpose, according to the flesh, I purpose, - that, with me, should be the Yea, yea, and the Nay, nay?
Faithful, however, is God, in that, our discourse, which was delivered unto you, is not Yea and Nay;
For, the Son of God, Christ Jesus - who, among you, through us, was proclaimed, - through me, and Silvanus, and Timothy, became not Yea and Nay, - but Yea, in him, hath it become;
But, before all things, my brethren, do not swear, - either by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your Yea be yea, and your Nay nay, - lest, under judgment, ye fall.