almsgiving: ss

re: "raphael's exhortation" (tob 12:6-10)
vv8-10 "prayer with fasting is good, but better is ALMSGIVING with righteousness. a little with righteousness is better than wealth with wrongdoing. IT IS BETTER TO GIVE ALMS THAN TO LAY UP GOLD. [9] for ALMSGIVING SAVES FROM DEATH AND PURGES AWAY EVERY SIN. THOSE WHO GIVE ALMS WILL ENJOY A FULL LIFE, [10] but those who commit sin and do wrong are their own worst enemies."

adopted children of god: ss

re: "children of god" (1 jn 2:29-3:10)
3:1 "see what love the Father has given us, that we should be called CHILDREN OF GOD; and that is waht we are."

fear of the lord: ss

re: "the ten commandments" (ex 20:1-21)
v20 "moses said to the people, 'do not be afraid; for god has come only tot test you and to put the FEAR OF HIM upon you so that you do not sin.'"

human authority: divine source: ss

re: "nebuchadnezzar's second dream" (dan 4:1-18)
v17 "'... in order that all who live may know that the Most High is SOVEREIGN over all the kingdom of mortals; he gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of human beings.'"

re: "daniel interprets the second dream" (dan 4:19-33)
vv24-25 "this is the interpretation, o king, and it is a decree of the Most High .... [25] you shall be driven away from human society, and your dwelling shall be with the wild animals. you shall be made to east grass like oxen, you shall be bathed with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, UNTIL YOU HAVE LEARNED THAT THE MOST HIGH HAS SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE KINDGOM OF MORTALS, AND GIVES IT TO WHOM HE WILL."