Romans 13:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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 of the same:

Rulers

Wilt

1 Peter 2:13

1 Peter 3:13

General references

Acts 18:16

Bible References

Rulers

For government is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For government is God’s servant, an avenger that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

A king favors a wise servant,
but his anger falls on a disgraceful one.

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A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;
anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

If the ruler’s anger rises against you, don’t leave your place,
for calmness puts great offenses to rest.

Are you a king because you excel in cedar?
Didn’t your father eat and drink
and administer justice and righteousness?
Then it went well with him.

Wilt

Submit to every human authority because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor as the supreme authority

And who will harm you if you are deeply committed to what is good?

General references

Then everyone else will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything evil like this among you.

your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the nearby cities.

They answered Joshua, “Everything you have commanded us we will do, and everywhere you send us we will go.

He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.

So he drove them from the judge’s bench.