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16 Bible Verses About Standing Up for What Is Right

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  • Daniel 3:17-18 and Acts 5:29 refuse orders from a king and from the Sanhedrin because obeying them would mean disobeying God.
  • Exodus 23:2 forbids following the crowd in doing wrong, and the next verse forbids favoring a poor person in a lawsuit.
  • James 4:17 counts good left undone as sin.
  • Esther 4:16 and Daniel 3:18 commit to doing right before knowing whether they will survive it.
  • 1 Peter 3:14-16 calls those who suffer for what is right blessed and tells them to answer with gentleness and respect.

In the Bible, standing up for what is right means refusing to take part in wrong, even under orders, and doing the good one knows to do. Daniel 3:17-18 and Acts 5:29 show the refusals, and Esther 4:14 the cost of keeping silent. Proverbs 28:1 and Proverbs 29:25 set boldness against the fear of people, Proverbs 31:8-9 tells a king to speak up for those with no voice, and Matthew 5:10, 1 Peter 3:14 and 2 Timothy 3:12 expect doing…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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