37 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority

Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king.

even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse.

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God's appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities but also because of your conscience.

Be subject to every human institution for the Lord's sake, whether to a king as supreme

For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants devoted to governing.

You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer.

(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation,

he does not need to honor his father.' You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition.

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.

Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,

and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones,

Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels,

I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

So the person who resists such authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment

Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.

and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you.

For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ.

like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.

Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don't let anyone look down on you.

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him.

For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there are no exceptions.

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

"'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

"The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat.

Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones.

Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.