37 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority
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Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but from God: the powers that are, are ordained by God.
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
For, for this cause ye pay tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou doest that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power; do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:
And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition.
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed; they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
Whoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head, because of the angels.
My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels, and authorities, and powers being made subject to him.
But he that doeth wrong, will receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
Ye shall fear every man his mother and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
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