7 Bible Verses about Human Authority, Instituted By God

Be every one of you subject to the ruling powers. for every ruler holds of God: the rulers in being are constituted by God. so that he who opposes the ruler, disobeys the orders of God: and will be punished too for resisting, by those very powers.

Jesus answered, you could not have any power over me, except you deriv'd it from above: therefore they who delivered me into your hands are the most culpable.

and glorify God in the times of distress. be subject therefore, for the Lord's sake to every human establishment: whether it be to the king,

for his administration is appointed by God for your good. but if you do wrong, you have reason to be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: he being the minister of God, to execute punishment upon malefactors.

from a principle of conscience. for this is the reason why you also pay tribute, because under God, they are continually

for kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in the practice of all piety and virtue;

as supreme; or to governors, as being deputed by him to punish those who do ill,