It is Not Our Duty Always to Obey Rulers, Who Sometimes Punish the Good, and Receive Damnation Therefor.
But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them.... Therefore God dealt well with the midwives. ([Ex. 1 : 17, 20].)
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said, ... Be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. ([Dan. 3 : 16, 18].)
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree, ... (that whoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, ... he shall be cast into the den of lions).... Now, when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house and ... kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed, ... as he did aforetime. ([Dan. 6 : 9, 7, 10].)
And the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ. For of a truth, against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together. ([Acts 4 : 26, 27].)
Beware of the Scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the market places, and the chief seats in the synagogues.... These shall receive greater damnation. ([Mark 12 : 38, 39, 40].)
And Herod with his men of war set him at naught, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.... And Pilate gave sentence.... And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified him.... And the people stood by beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him. ([Luke 23 : 11], [24, 33, 35].)
Woman’s Rights Denied.
And thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. ([Gen. 3 : 16].)