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22 Bible Verses About Politics

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  • Romans 13:1 and Daniel 2:21 say that rulers hold authority God gives, and Daniel 4:34b-35 puts the same words in the mouth of Nebuchadnezzar.
  • Jesus answered the question about taxes with a coin bearing Caesar’s image: “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Mark 12:17).
  • Acts 5:29, “We must obey God rather than men,” was the apostles’ reply to an order to stop teaching in Jesus’ name, and they kept teaching after being beaten.
  • Deuteronomy 17:18-20 required Israel’s king to write out a copy of the law and read it all his life, so that his heart would not be lifted up above his brothers.
  • Jeremiah 29:7 told the exiles in Babylon to seek the welfare of the city that held them and to pray for it.

The Bible treats political power as something God gives and God judges. Rulers hold authority from God (Romans 13:1). Believers owe them taxes (Mark 12:17; Romans 13:7), honor (Romans 13:7; 1 Peter 2:17) and prayer (1 Timothy 2:1-2). Israel’s king was to read God’s law all his life and keep it himself (Deuteronomy 17:18-20), and kings were told to defend the poor and needy, the widow, the fatherless and the foreigner (Proverbs 31:8-9; Jeremiah 22:3). When the council in Jerusalem…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

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