But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.

Where the word of a king {is, there is} power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?

And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see {it}: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

Then Peter and the {other} apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel.