1 Peter 2:14

Or to chiefs, as sent by him for the punishing of them doing evil, and the praise of them doing good.

Romans 13:3-4

For rulers are not the terror of good works, but of evil. And wilt thou not fear the power do good, and thou shalt have approbation of it:

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Summary

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

Bible References

For the punishment

Romans 13:3
For rulers are not the terror of good works, but of evil. And wilt thou not fear the power do good, and thou shalt have approbation of it:

General references

Numbers 16:12
And Moses will send to call for Dathan and for Abiram, sons of Eliab and they will say, We will not come up.
Joshua 1:16
And they will answer Joshua, saying, All which thou didst command us, we will do, and where thou shalt send us, we will go.
1 Samuel 10:25
And Samuel will speak to the people the judgment of the kingdom; and he will write in a book and put before Jehovah. And Samuel will send away all the people, a man to his house.
2 Chronicles 19:5
And he will set up judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, to city and city;