1 Peter 2:14

or to governors as those sent out by him for the punishment of those who do evil and the praise of those who do good.

Romans 13:3-4

For rulers are not a [cause of] terror for a good deed, but for bad [conduct]. So do you want not to be afraid of authority? Do what [is] good, and you 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

Bible References

For the punishment

For rulers are not a [cause of] terror for a good deed, but for bad [conduct]. So do you want not to be afraid of authority? Do what [is] good, and you will have praise from it,

General references

Moses sent to call [for] Dathan and Abiram son of Eliab, but they said, "We will not come!

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

Then Samuel told the people the custom of the kingship, and he wrote [the rules] down on a scroll and laid [it] before Yahweh. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own house.

And he appointed judges in the land and in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.