6 Bible Verses about Honouring Rulers

Let the elders who rule well be accounted worthy of a double compensation, especially those who labor in word and teaching.

Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you.

And Paul said, I knew not brothers that he was a chief priest; for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people.

Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God.

Honor all men, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.

In like manner also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject government, and blaspheme glories.