37 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority

Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

for kings and all that are in high place; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God.

Wherefore ye must needs be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience'sake.

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;

For this cause ye pay tribute also; for they are ministers of God's service, attending continually upon this very thing.

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them : for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.

for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. And wouldest thou have no fear of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise from the same:

he shall not honor his father. And ye have made void the word of God because of your tradition.

Put them in mind to be in subjection to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready unto every good work,

But we beseech you, brethren, to know them that labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

subjecting yourselves one to another in the fear of Christ.

but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement, and despise dominion. Daring, self-willed, they tremble not to rail at dignities:

My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.

Therefore he that resisteth the power, withstandeth the ordinance of God: and they that withstand shall receive to themselves judgment.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

and to esteem them exceeding highly in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

for this cause ought the woman to have a sign of authority on her head, because of the angels.

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.

Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

who is one the right hand of God, having gone into heaven; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses seat:

Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set at nought dominion, and rail at dignities.

Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.