1 Peter 2:14

or to governors as being sent by him for vengeance of evil-doers and praise of well-doers.

Romans 13:3-4

For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.

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1 Peter 2:14

Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.

For the punishment

Romans 13:3

General references

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For the punishment

For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.

General references

And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab. And they said, We will not come up.

And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou have commanded us we will do, and wherever thou send us we will go.

Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,