Deuteronomy 17:11

and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

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.

How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word.

“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

For there are certain men who crept in secretly, even those who were long ago written about for this condemnation: ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into indecency, and denying our only Master, God, and Lord, Jesus Christ.

For every matter of trespass, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any kind of lost thing, about which one says, ‘This is mine,’ the cause of both parties shall come before God. He whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.

As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua. Joshua did so. He left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses.

Go in to the king, and speak like this to him.” So Joab put the words in her mouth.

then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

because David did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and didn’t turn away from anything that he commanded him all the days of his life, except only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and walked in all the way of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.

Then you will prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed.

For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

But these speak evil of whatever things they don’t know. They are destroyed in these things that they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason.

These are murmurers and complainers, walking after their lusts—and their mouth speaks proud things—showing respect of persons to gain advantage.

Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, according to all that David his father had done.

If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, don’t leave your place; for gentleness lays great offenses to rest.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, ‘We don’t want this man to reign over us.’

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.

that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

They said to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts.”

He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, as Yahweh spoke by Moses.

Be careful, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn away to serve other gods and worship them;

Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.

Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do.

Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it.

Now after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it; for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.

and keep the instruction of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.

I walk in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of justice,

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

My son, fear Yahweh and the king. Don’t join those who are rebellious;

Don’t curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don’t curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

They said to him, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”

Therefore he who resists the authority withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, a thorn in the flesh was given to me: a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

Know this for sure, that no sexually immoral person, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God.

that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God,

Put to death therefore your members which are on the earth: sexual immorality, uncleanness, depraved passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry.

For the overseer must be blameless, as God’s steward, not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the bed be undefiled; but God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

knowing this first, that in the last days mockers will come, walking after their own lusts

You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you. You shall not turn away to the right hand or to the left.

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.

If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

and shall not turn away from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

“Therefore be very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you not turn away from it to the right hand or to the left;

The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your servant.

He didn’t humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

He did that which was right in Yahweh’s eyes, and walked in the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left.

Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil.

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;

Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings.