Bible Verses About Citizens

The fury of a king is messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.

In the light of a king's face is life, And his good-will is as a cloud of the latter rain.

Honour not thyself before a king, And in the place of the great stand not.

For better that he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,' Than that he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.

I pray thee, the commandment of a king keep, even for the sake of the oath of God.

Be not troubled at his presence, thou mayest go, stand not in an evil thing, for all that he pleaseth he doth.

Where the word of a king is power is , and who saith to him, `What dost thou?'

And they having come to Capernaum, those receiving the didrachms came near to Peter, and said, `Your teacher--doth he not pay the didrachms?' He saith, `Yes.'

And when he came into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying, `What thinkest thou, Simon? the kings of the earth--from whom do they receive custom or poll-tax? from their sons or from the strangers?'

Peter saith to him, `From the strangers.' Jesus said to him, `Then are the sons free;

but, that we may not cause them to stumble, having gone to the sea, cast a hook, and the fish that hath come up first take thou up, and having opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater, that having taken, give to them for me and thee.'

tell us, therefore, what dost thou think? is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

And Jesus having known their wickedness, said, `Why me do ye tempt, hypocrites?

show me the tribute-coin?' and they brought to him a denary;

and he saith to them, `Whose is this image and the inscription?'

they say to him, `Caesar's;' then saith he to them, `Render therefore the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

and they having come, say to him, `Teacher, we have known that thou art true, and thou art not caring for any one, for thou dost not look to the face of men, but in truth the way of God dost teach; is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar or not? may we give, or may we not give?'

And he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, `Why me do ye tempt? bring me a denary, that I may see;'

and they brought, and he saith to them, `Whose is this image, and the inscription?' and they said to him, `Caesar's;'

and Jesus answering said to them, `Give back the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;' and they did wonder at him.

Is it lawful to us to give tribute to Caesar or not?'

And he, having perceived their craftiness, said unto them, `Why me do ye tempt?

shew me a denary; of whom hath it an image and superscription?' and they answering said, `Of Caesar:'

and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

And the public clerk having quieted the multitude, saith, `Men, Ephesians, why, who is the man that doth not know that the city of the Ephesians is a devotee of the great goddess Artemis, and of that which fell down from Zeus?