6 Bible Verses about defiance

so that anyone who resists the authorities sets himself in opposition to what God has ordained, and those who oppose him will bring down judgment upon themselves.

Submit to all human authority, for the Master's sake; to the emperor, as supreme,

But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of him,

Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

and Jason has taken them in. They all disobey the emperor's decrees, and claim that someone else called Jesus is king."

Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years.