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1 Samuel 8 11-1 Samuel 8 18
He said,“ This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots.He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.He will take one tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers, and to his servants.He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”
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Deuteronomy 17:14-20
When you have come to the land which Yahweh your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say,“ I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,”you shall surely set him whom Yahweh your God chooses as king over yourselves. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you,“ You shall not go back that way again.”He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this law in a book, out of that which is before the Levitical priests.It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear Yahweh his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them;that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn away from the commandment to the right hand, or to the left, to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel.
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Titus 3:1
Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
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Ezekiel 46:16-18
“‘ The Lord Yahweh says:“ If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons, it is his inheritance. It shall belong to his sons. It is their possession by inheritance.But if he gives of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.Moreover the prince shall not take of the people’s inheritance, to thrust them out of their possession. He shall give inheritance to his sons out of his own possession, that my people not each be scattered from his possession.”’”
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Romans 13:1-7
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the authority,for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience’ sake.For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing.Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
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1 Peter 2 13-1 Peter 2 14
Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.
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1 Timothy 2 2
for kings and all who are in high places, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.
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Ezekiel 45:9-10
“‘ The Lord Yahweh says:“ Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and plunder, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people,” says the Lord Yahweh.“ You shall have just balances, a just ephah, and a just bath.
