separation of church and state
Joshua Chapter 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
Isaiah Chapter 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Matthew Chapter 6:1
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew Chapter 6:2
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew Chapter 6:3
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
Matthew Chapter 6:4
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Matthew Chapter 6:5
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew Chapter 6:6
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew Chapter 6:7
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew Chapter 6:8
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew Chapter 6:9
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Matthew Chapter 6:10
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
Matthew Chapter 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew Chapter 6:12
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew Chapter 6:13
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
Matthew Chapter 6:14
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Matthew Chapter 6:15
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew Chapter 6:16
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Matthew Chapter 6:17
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
Matthew Chapter 6:18
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Matthew Chapter 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
Matthew Chapter 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
Matthew Chapter 6:21
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew Chapter 6:22
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Matthew Chapter 6:23
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
Matthew Chapter 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Matthew Chapter 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Matthew Chapter 6:26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matthew Chapter 6:27
Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
Matthew Chapter 6:28
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
Matthew Chapter 6:29
And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Matthew Chapter 6:30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Matthew Chapter 6:31
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Matthew Chapter 6:32
For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Matthew Chapter 6:33
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Matthew Chapter 6:34
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Mark Chapter 12:17
And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him.
John Chapter 4:24
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John Chapter 8:47
He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
John Chapter 18:36
Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
Acts Chapter 5:29
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Romans Chapter 13:1
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Romans Chapter 13:2
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Romans Chapter 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Romans Chapter 13:4
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
Romans Chapter 13:5
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Romans Chapter 13:6
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Romans Chapter 13:7
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
1 Peter Chapter 2:13
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter Chapter 2:14
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
1 Peter Chapter 2:15
For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
1 Peter Chapter 2:16
As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
1 Peter Chapter 2:17
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
1 Peter Chapter 5:2
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
1 John Chapter 5:16
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1 John Chapter 5:17
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
1 John Chapter 5:18
We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not.
1 John Chapter 5:19
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.