Quotes about Decrees

God was alone when He made His decrees, and His determinations were influenced by no external cause. He was free to decree or not to decree, and to decree one thing and not another. This liberty we must ascribe to Him who is Supreme, Independent, and Sovereign in all His doings.

God notices every one of us; there is not a sparrow or a worm that continues to live apart from His decrees.

So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally—one devising mischief by decree?

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

This Iranian brother had a correct perception of the sovereignty of God in the decrees and decisions of governments.

by abolishing in His flesh the law of commandments and decrees. He did this to create in Himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace