The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

He has told you men what is good
and what it is the Lord requires of you:
Only to act justly, to love faithfulness,
and to walk humbly with your God.

Micah 6:8 (HCSB)

The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,

2 Samuel 23:3 (HCSB)

You are to consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim freedom in the land for all its inhabitants. It will be your Jubilee, when each of you is to return to his property and each of you to his clan.

Leviticus 25:10 (HCSB)

As God’s slaves, [live] as free people, but don’t use your freedom as a way to conceal evil.

1 Peter 2:16 (HCSB)

¹First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, ²for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

1 Timothy 2:1-2 (HCSB)

¹Everyone must submit to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those that exist are instituted by God. ²So then, the one who resists the authority is opposing God’s command, and those who oppose it will bring judgment on themselves. ³For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do good and you will have its approval. ⁴For government is God’s servant to you for good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong. ⁵Therefore, you must submit, not only because of wrath, but also because of your conscience. ⁶And for this reason you pay taxes, since the [authorities] are God’s public servants, continually attending to these tasks. ⁷Pay your obligations to everyone: taxes to those you owe taxes, tolls to those you owe tolls, respect to those you owe respect, and honor to those you owe honor.

Romans 13:1-7 (HCSB)

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.

Proverbs 14:34 (HCSB)

For you are called to freedom, brothers; only don’t use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love.

Galatians 5:13 (HCSB)

If you keep silent at this time, liberation and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, but you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this.”

Esther 4:14 (HCSB)

So then you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with the saints, and members of God’s household,

Ephesians 2:19 (HCSB)

Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the Emperor.

1 Peter 2:17 (HCSB)

Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord—the people He has chosen to be His own possession!

Psalms 33:12 (HCSB)

I searched for a man among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land so that I might not destroy it, but I found no one.

Ezekiel 22:30 (HCSB)

“Caesar’s,” they said to Him.

Then He said to them, “Therefore, give back to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”

Matthew 22:21 (HCSB)

But if it doesn’t please you to worship the Lord, choose for yourselves today the one you will worship: the gods your fathers worshiped beyond the Euphrates River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my family, we will worship the Lord.”

Joshua 24:15 (HCSB)

He has told you men what is good and what it is the LORD requires of you: Only to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.

Micah 6:8 (HCSB)

The second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.

Matthew 22:39 (HCSB)

“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 5:14,16 (HCSB)

So we must not get tired of doing good, for we will reap at the proper time if we don’t give up.

Galatians 6:9 (HCSB)

And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another, just as God also forgave you in Christ.

Ephesians 4:32 (HCSB)