8 Bible Verses about Tax

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Nehemiah 10:32

And we set up commands for us to give for us the third of the shekel in the year for the service of the house of our God.

Nehemiah 5:4

And there are those saying, We borrowed silver for the king's tribute, our fields and our vineyards.

Luke 3:13

And he said to them, Do nothing more than that appointed you

2 Kings 23:35

And the silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh; but he estiated the land to give the silver at the mouth of Pharaoh; a man according to his estimation, he exacted the silver and the gold with the people of the land to give to Pharaoh-Necho.

Matthew 17:24

And they having come to Capernaum, they taking double drachmas came to Peter and said, Does not your teacher pay double drachmas?

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1 Kings 4:6

And Ahishar over the house: and Adoniram son of Abda over the tribute.

2 Samuel 20:24

And Adoniram over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, calling to mind:

Luke 3:13

And he said to them, Do nothing more than that appointed you

Luke 5:27

And after these, he went out, and saw a publican, by name Levi, sitting by the custom-house; and he said to him, Follow me.

More verses: Isaiah 33:18 Daniel 11:20

Tax » Unpopular

Matthew 9:11

And the Pharisees, seeing, said to his disciples, Wherefore does your teacher eat with tax collectors and the sinful?

Matthew 18:17

And if he refuse hearing them, speak to the church: and if he refuse hearing the church, let him be to thee as of the nations and a publican.

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the father's will? They say to him, The first. Jesus says to them, Truly I say to you, that publicans and harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee having stood, prayed these to himself, O God, I return thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unjust, adulterers, or also as this publican.

More verses: Matthew 5:46

Tax » Poll

Luke 2:1

And it was in those days an order came out from Caesar Angustus, for the whole habitable globe to be enrolled.

Exodus 38:26

A bekah for a head, being half of a shekel by the shekel of the holy place, for all passing through upon reviewing, from the son of twenty years and from above, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

Nehemiah 10:32

And we set up commands for us to give for us the third of the shekel in the year for the service of the house of our God.

Exodus 30:11-16

And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, When thou shalt take up the head of the sons of Israel for their reviewing, and they gave each a ransom of his soul to Jehovah, and in reviewing them; and a stumble shall not be in them in reviewing them. This they shall give, all passing by upon their reviewing, from half the shekel by the holy shekel; (twenty gerahs the shekel:) from half a shekel an offering to Jehovah. read more.
All passing by upon their reviewing, from the son of twenty years and above, shall give an offering to Jehovah. The rich one shall not multiply, and the poor one shall not diminish from half the shekel, to give an offering to Jehovah to expiate for your souls. And take the silver of the expiations from the sons of Israel and give it for the work of the tent of appointment; and it was for the sons of Israel a remembrance before Jehovah to expiate for your souls.

Tax » Personal

2 Kings 15:19-20

Pul, king of Assyria came upon the land; and Menahem will give to Pul a thousand talents of silver, for his hands to be with him to strengthen the kingdom in his hand. And Menahem will bring forth the silver upon Israel, upon all the mighty of strength, to give to the king of Assyria fifty shekels of silver to one man. And the king of Assyria turned back and stood not there in the land.

2 Kings 23:35

And the silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh; but he estiated the land to give the silver at the mouth of Pharaoh; a man according to his estimation, he exacted the silver and the gold with the people of the land to give to Pharaoh-Necho.

1 Kings 9:15

And this the word of tribute which king Solomon brought up to build the house of Jehovah, and his house, and the fortress, and the walls of Jerusalem, and the enclosure, and Megiddo, and Gezer.

Tax » Land

Genesis 41:48

And he will gather all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and he will give the food in the cities: the food of the field of the city which round about her, he gave in the midst of her.

2 Kings 23:35

And the silver and the gold Jehoiakim gave to Pharaoh; but he estiated the land to give the silver at the mouth of Pharaoh; a man according to his estimation, he exacted the silver and the gold with the people of the land to give to Pharaoh-Necho.

Genesis 41:34

And will Pharaoh make and appoint overseers over the land, exacting a fifth part of the land of Egypt, in the seven years of plenty.

Tax » Resisted by israelites

1 Kings 12:18

And king Rehoboam will send Adoram who was over the tribute, and all Israel will stone upon him with stone, and he will die. And king Rehoboam strengthened himself to go up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 10:18

And king Rehoboam will send Hadoram who was over the tribute; and the sons of Israel will stone upon him, and he will die. And king Rehoboam strengthened himself to go up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

Tax » Priests exempted from

Ezra 7:24

And making known to you that all the priests and Levites, the players, the porters, the Nethinims, and those serving this house of God, tribute, excise and toll, not being permitted to be lifted up upon them.

Genesis 47:26

And Joseph set it for an ordinance to this day, of the land of Egypt, for a fifth to Pharaoh; only the land of the priests alone was not to Pharaoh.

Tax » Paid in grain

Amos 7:1

Thus the Lord Jehovah caused me to see; and behold, he will form locusts in the beginning of the coming up of the latter grass; and behold, the latter grass after the moorings of the king.

Tax » Jesus pays

Matthew 17:24-27

And they having come to Capernaum, they taking double drachmas came to Peter and said, Does not your teacher pay double drachmas? He says, Yes. And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, What seems to thee, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take taxes or census? from their sons, or from strangers? Peter says to him, From strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the children free. read more.
But that we should not scandalize them, having gone to the sea, cast a fish hook, and lift up the fish coming up first, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a gold coin: having taken that, give to them for me and thee.

Tax » Paid in provisions

1 Kings 4:7-28

And to Solomon, twelve, set over all Israel, and they furnished the king and his house: a month in the year will be for one to furnish. And these their names: the son of Hur in mount Ephraim: The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and the House of the Sun, and the oak of the House of Mercy.: read more.
The son of Hesed in Araboth; to him Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: The son of Abinadab, all the height of Dor: Taphath the daughter of Solomon was to him for wife. Baana son of Ahilud; Taanach and Megiddo, and all the House of Rest, which is by Zartanah from beneath Jezreel, from the House of Rest even to the Meadow of Dancing, even to the other side of Jokneam. The son of Geber in Ramoth-Gilead; to him Havoth-Jair son of Manasseh, which was in Gilead; to him a portion of Ergab which is in Bashan, sixty great cities, with a wall and bars of brass. Ahinadab, son of Iddo, the two camps. Ahimaaz in Naphtali; also he took Basmath daughter of Solomon for wife. Baana, son of Hushai in Asher and in Aloth: Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar: Shimei, son of Elah, in Benjamin. Geber, son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the land of Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan; and one king set which was in the land. Judah and Israel many as the sand which is by the sea for multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing. And Solomon was ruling over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the rovers, and even to the bound of Egypt: they were bringing a gift and serving Solomon all the days of his life. And the bread of Solomon for one day will be thirty cors of fine flour, and sixty cors of meal, Ten fatted oxen, and twenty oxen of the shepherd, and a hundred sheep, besides from the stag and the roe and the fallow deer, and fowls fattened. For he ruled over all beyond the river, from Tiphsah and even to Azzah, over all the kings beyond the river: and there was peace to him from all his servants from round about And Judah dwelt, and Israel, with confidence, a man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan and even to the Well of the Oath, all the days of Solomon. And there will be to Solomon forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. And these being set, furnished king Solomon, and all coming near king Solomon's table, each his month: a word will not be wanting. And the barley and the straw for horses, and for coursers, they will bring to the place where a man will be there according to his judgment

Tax » Stoned

2 Chronicles 10:18

And king Rehoboam will send Hadoram who was over the tribute; and the sons of Israel will stone upon him, and he will die. And king Rehoboam strengthened himself to go up into the chariot to flee to Jerusalem.

Tax » The rv changes the reading to enrolled instead of taxed

Luke 2:1-3

And it was in those days an order came out from Caesar Angustus, for the whole habitable globe to be enrolled. (This enrolling was first, Cyrenius being leader of Syria.) And all went to be enrolled, each in his own city.

Tax » Land mortgaged for

Nehemiah 5:3-4

And there are those saying, Our fields and our vineyards and our houses we pledge, and we will take grain in the famine. And there are those saying, We borrowed silver for the king's tribute, our fields and our vineyards.

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Romans 13:6-7

For this also pay ye taxes: for they are workmen of God, persevering in this same.

Tax To Be Paid

Exodus 30:13

This they shall give, all passing by upon their reviewing, from half the shekel by the holy shekel; (twenty gerahs the shekel:) from half a shekel an offering to Jehovah.

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