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Open refusal to obey any authority. Defiance is seen in the Bible as evil when authority is legitimate but good when authority is ungodly.
Jer 50:29 See also 1Ki 13:21-22,26; Ps 139:19-22; Isa 3:8; Isa 65:7; Jer 48:26,42
To defy God’s people is to defy God 1Sa 17:10,23,25-26,36,45
Ro 13:2 See also Nu 15:30; 1Pe 2:13
Da 3:28 See also Da 6:13; Ac 4:19; Ac 5:29; Ac 17:7; Rev 20:4
5215 | authority |
5257 | civil authorities |
5326 | government |
5457 | power, human |
6193 | impenitence |
6221 | rebellion |
8718 | disobedience |