Romans 13:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

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General references

Joshua 1:16

2 Chronicles 19:5

Bible References

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And the man who treats with contempt [so as] not to listen to the priest [who] [is] standing to minister on behalf of Yahweh your God or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel.

being subject to one another {out of reverence for} Christ

Remind them to be subject to the rulers [and] to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work,

Subject yourselves to every human authority for the sake of the Lord, whether to a king as having supreme authority,

and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lust and who despise authority. Bold [and] arrogant, they do not tremble in awe [as they] blaspheme majestic beings,

Despite that, in the same way also these [men], [because of their] dreams, defile the flesh and reject authority and blaspheme majestic beings.

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He raises up the poor from [the] dust. From [the] ash heap he lifts up the needy, to cause them to sit with noble people and to cause them to inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to Yahweh and he has set the inhabited world on them.

But Yahweh the God of Israel chose me from all of the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father he took pleasure in me to reign over all Israel.

Once God has spoken; twice I have heard this: that strength [belongs] to God.

By me kings reign, and rulers decree righteousness.

"I have made the earth with humankind and animals that [are] on the face of the earth by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever is right in my eyes.

And he changes the times and the seasons, and he deposes kings and he sets up kings; he gives wisdom to wise men and knowledge to [men who] know understanding.

and you will be driven away from {human society} and your dwelling [will be] with the animals of the field and they will cause you to graze [the] grass like oxen, and seven times will pass over you, until you acknowledge that the Most High [is] sovereign over the kingdom of humankind and that he gives it to whom he wills.'

{O king}, the Most High God gave the kingdom and the greatness and the glory and the majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your {predecessor}.

And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Jesus replied to him, "You would not have any authority over me unless it was given to you from above. For this [reason] the one who handed me over to you has greater sin."

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood

These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him [are] called and chosen and faithful."

And he has a name written on his outer garment and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords."

General references

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

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