6 Bible Verses about defiance

so that anyone who resists the authorities sets himself against what God has established, and those who set themselves against Him will get the penalty due them.

For the Lord's sake submit to all human authority; to the emperor as supreme,

But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of Him,

Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

and Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to the Emperor's decrees, because they claim there is another king, Jesus."

Then I saw thrones and those who were seated on them, and permission was granted them to pass judgment, even those who had been beheaded for bearing testimony to Jesus and for preaching the word of God, who refused to worship the wild beast and his statue, and would not let his mark be stamped upon their foreheads and upon their hands. They lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.