Popular Bible Verses about Rules

Found 38 Verses

Isaiah 29:13

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The Lord says: "These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught." NIV

And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips but remove their hearts and minds far from Me, and their fear and reverence for Me are a commandment of men that is learned by repetition [without any thought as to the meaning] AMP

Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: KJV

Mark 7:7

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They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.' NIV

In vain (fruitlessly and without profit) do they worship Me, ordering and teaching [to be obeyed] as doctrines the commandments and precepts of men. [Isa. 29:13.] AMP

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. KJV

Matthew 15:9

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"They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules." NIV

Uselessly do they worship Me, for they teach as doctrines the commands of men. [Isa. 29:13.] AMP

But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. KJV

Revelation 17:18

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"The woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth." NIV

And the woman that you saw is herself the great city which dominates and controls the rulers and the leaders of the earth. AMP

And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. KJV

Luke 22:26

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But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who rules like the one who serves. NIV

But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. KJV

2 Timothy 2:5

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Similarly, anyone who competes as an athlete does not receive the victor's crown except by competing according to the rules. NIV

And if anyone enters competitive games, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully (fairly, according to the rules laid down). AMP

And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. KJV

Ecclesiastes 9:17

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The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. NIV

The words of wise men heard in quiet are better than the shouts of him who rules among fools. AMP

The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. KJV

Hebrews 10:21

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And since we have a great priest over the house of God NIV

And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest [Who rules] over the house of God AMP

And having an high priest over the house of God; KJV

Galatians 4:3

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So also, when we were underage, we were in slavery under the elemental spiritual forces of the world. NIV

So we [Jewish Christians] also, when we were minors, were kept like slaves under [the rules of the Hebrew ritual and subject to] the elementary teachings of a system of external observations and regulations. AMP

Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: KJV

1 Timothy 5:21

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I charge you, in the sight of God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, to keep these instructions without partiality, and to do nothing out of favoritism. NIV

I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the chosen angels that you guard and keep [these rules] without personal prejudice or favor, doing nothing from partiality. AMP

I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. KJV