Proverbs 24:21 Cross References - LITV

²¹ My son, fear Jehovah and the king; do not meddle with those who change,

³¹ And Israel saw the great hand with which Jehovah worked against Egypt. And the people feared Jehovah, and they believed in Jehovah and in His servant Moses.

¹ And Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, took both Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, the sons of Reuben; ² and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the congregation, elect men of the assembly, men of name. ³ And they were assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much! For all the congregation, all of them are holy, and Jehovah is among them. Why then do you lift up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?

⁵ And they said to him, Behold, you have become old, and your sons have not walked in your ways. Now appoint a king to us, to judge us, like all the nations. ⁶ And the thing was evil in Samuel's eyes when they said, Give to us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to Jehovah. ⁷ And Jehovah said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people, to all that they say to you. For they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from reigning over them.

¹² And you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, and you said to me, No, for a king shall reign over us even though Jehovah your God was king over you. ¹³ And now, behold the king whom you chose, whom you requested. And behold Jehovah gave a king over you. ¹⁴ If you will fear Jehovah and serve Him, and listen to His voice, and do not rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, then you, both you and also the king who reigns over you, shall follow Jehovah your God. ¹⁵ But if you will not listen to the voice of Jehovah, and you rebel against the mouth of Jehovah, then the hand of Jehovah shall be against you and against your fathers. ¹⁶ Also, now present yourselves and see this great thing that Jehovah will do before your eyes. ¹⁷ Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to Jehovah and He will give sounds and rain. And know and see that your evil is great, that which you have done in the eyes of Jehovah, to ask a king for yourselves. ¹⁸ And Samuel called to Jehovah. And Jehovah gave sounds and rain in that day. And all the people greatly feared Jehovah and Samuel. ¹⁹ And all the people said to Samuel, Pray to Jehovah your God for your servants, and not we will die, for we have added this evil to all our sins to ask a king for ourselves.

⁶ And he said to his men, Far be it from me, by Jehovah. I shall not do this thing to my lord, to the anointed of Jehovah, to put out my hand against him. For he is the anointed of Jehovah.

¹³ And a messenger came to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom. ¹⁴ And David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, Rise up, and we will flee; for we have no escape from the face of Absalom. Hurry to leave, that he not overtake us and bring evil down on us, and strike the city with the mouth of the sword. ¹⁵ And the king's servants said to the king, According to all that my lord the king desires, behold, your servants will do . ¹⁶ And the king went out, and all his household at his feet. And the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house. ¹⁷ And the king went out, and all the people at his feet. And they stood still at the house farthest away. ¹⁸ And all his servants were passing on by his side, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came at his feet from Gath. These were passing on before the king. ¹⁹ And the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why do you go, even you with us? Turn back and remain with the king, for you are an alien, and also you are an exile. Go to your place. ²⁰ You came in yesterday and today. Should I make you go with us, to go while I go, where I go? Turn back and take your brothers with you in kindness and truth. ²¹ And Ittai replied to the king and said, As Jehovah lives, and my lord the king lives, surely in the place where my lord the king is, there your servant shall be, whether for death or for life. ²² And David said to Ittai, Go on and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones with him. ²³ And all the land was weeping with a loud voice. And all the people were passing over. And the king was passing over through the torrent Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. ²⁴ And, behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set the ark of God down. And Abiathar went up until all the people finished passing on out of the city. ²⁵ And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He will bring me back and show it and His dwelling place to me. ²⁶ And if He says this, I have not delighted in you, behold, I am here. He shall do to me as seems good in His eyes. ²⁷ And the king said to Zadok the priest, Are you a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. ²⁸ Behold, I will wait in the plain of the wilderness until word comes from you to report to me. ²⁹ And Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem. And they remained there. ³⁰ And David was going up in the ascent of the olives, going up and weeping. And his head was covered, and he was going barefooted. And all the people who were with him each had covered his head, and had gone up, going up and weeping. ³¹ And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Jehovah, I pray You, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolish. ³² And it happened as David had come to the top, there where he bowed to God. And, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him, his tunic torn, and earth on his head. ³³ And David said to him, If you pass on with me, then you shall be a burden to me. ³⁴ But if you return to the city, and shall say to Absalom, I also will be your servant, O king; I was servant of your father before now; and now I am also your servant. Then you can break down the counsel of Ahithophel for me. ³⁵ And do you not have there with you Zadok and Abiathar, the priests? And it shall be, you shall declare everything that you hear from the house of the king; you shall report to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests. ³⁶ Behold, there are with them their two sons, Ahimaaz to Zadok, and Jonathan to Abiathar. And you shall send to me by their hand anything that you hear. ³⁷ And David's friend Hushai came into the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.

¹⁶ And all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, and the people sent the king back word, saying, What portion do we have in David? Yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse; to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, O David! And Israel went to its tents.

² I say, Keep the king's word, even on the matter of the oath of God; ³ do not be hasty to go from before him. Do not take a stand in an evil thing, for he does whatever he pleases. ⁴ Because the king's word is that which has power; who then will say to him, What are you doing? ⁵ Whoever keeps the command shall know no evil thing. A wise man's heart knows both time and judgment.

²¹ They said to Him, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Then give to Caesar the things of Caesar, and to God the things of God.

¹ Let every soul be subject to higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, but the existing authorities have been ordained by God. ² So that the one resisting authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and the ones opposing will receive judgment to themselves. ³ For the rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the bad. And do you desire not to fear the authority? Do the good, and you will have praise from it; ⁴ for it is a servant of God to you for the good. But if you practice evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to the one practicing evil. ⁵ Because of this, it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience. ⁶ For on this account you also pay taxes, for they are ministers of God, always giving attention to this very thing. ⁷ Then give to all their dues: to the one due tax, the tax; to the one due tribute, the tribute; to the one due fear, the fear; to the one due honor, the honor.

¹ Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready in every good work,

¹³ Then be in obedience to every ordinance of men because of the Lord; whether to a king, as being supreme; ¹⁴ or to governors, as through Him having indeed been sent for vengeance on evildoers, but praise on well doers, ¹⁵ because so is the will of God, doing good to silence the ignorance of foolish men; ¹⁶ as free, and not having freedom as a cover of evil, but as slaves of God; ¹⁷ honor all, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.