Citizenship
See also Governments
- not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler: Ex. 22:28 .
- do justice to the afflicted and needy: Ps. 82:3 .
- fear thou the Lord and the king: Prov. 24:21 .
- keep the king’s commandment: Eccl. 8:2 .
- Curse not the king, no not in thy thought: Eccl. 10:20 .
- men should do to you, do ye even so to them: Matt. 7:12 .
- money: that take, and give unto them for me: Matt. 17:27 .
- Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar’s: Matt. 22:21 .
- shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people: Acts 23:5 .
- Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers: Rom. 13:1 .
- For kings … that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life: 1 Tim. 2:2 .
- be subject to principalities and powers, to obey: Titus 3:1 .
- Submit yourselves to every ordinance … to the king: 1 Pet. 2:13 .
- Honour the king: 1 Pet. 2:17 .
- in the service of your fellow beings: Mosiah 2:17 .
- live peaceably, and to render to every man … his due: Mosiah 4:13 .
- choose you by the voice of this people, judges: Mosiah 29:25 .
- people … obliged to abide by the laws: Alma 1:1 . ( Alma 1:14 . )
- preserve their rights and their privileges: Alma 43:9 .
- called it the title of liberty: Alma 46:13 .
- freemen … maintain their rights and the privileges: Alma 51:6 .
- not speak evil of thy neighbor, nor do him any harm: D&C 42:27 .
- Let no man break the laws of the land: D&C 58:21 .
- the laws of the land … people should observe to do: D&C 98:4 .
- good men and wise men ye should observe to uphold: D&C 98:10 .
- laws and constitution … rights and protection of all: D&C 101:77 .
- governments were instituted of God for the benefit of man: D&C 134:1 .
- uphold the respective governments in which they reside: D&C 134:5 .
- to the laws all men owe respect and deference: D&C 134:6 .
- laws for the protection of all citizens: D&C 134:7 .
- called his people Zion, because they were of one heart: Moses 7:18 . ( Moses 7:17–19 . )
- We believe in being subject to kings, presidents: A of F 1:12 .
See also Deut. 1:16 ; Matt. 19:19 ; Luke 19:14 ; Eph. 2:19 ; James 4:11 ; Alma 43:48–50 ; Alma 51:22
