'Defiance' in the Bible

Jason has received them into his house; and they all set Caesar's authority at defiance, declaring that there is another Emperor-- one called Jesus."

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you actually sit to judge me according to the Law, and yet in violation of the Law order me to be struck?”

“So then, I [once] thought to myself that it was my duty to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

But I beseech you, brethren, to keep a watch on those who are causing the divisions among you, and are leading others into sin, in defiance of the instruction which you have received; and habitually to shun them.

For we overthrow arrogant 'reckonings,' and every stronghold that towers high in defiance of the knowledge of God, and we carry off every thought as if into slavery--into subjection to Christ;

and will keep up a make-believe of piety and yet live in defiance of its power. Turn away from people of this sort.

Any one who bids defiance to the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t brag and deny the truth.