37 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority
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Render unto all their dues, - unto whom tribute, tribute, unto whom tax, tax, unto whom fear, fear, unto whom honour, honour.
Unto all men, give honour, unto the brotherhood, shew love, unto God, give reverence, the king, hold in honour.
In behalf of kings, and all them who are, in eminent station; in order that, an undisturbed, and quiet life, we may lead, in all godliness and gravity:
Ye domestics, submitting yourselves, in all reverence, unto your masters, - not only unto the good and considerate, but also unto the perverse;
Let, every soul, unto protecting authorities be in subjection; for there is no authority save by God, and, they that are in being, have by God been arranged, -
Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, - not only because of the anger, but also because of the conscience;
Submit yourselves unto every human creation, for the Lord's sake, - whether unto a king, as one that protecteth,
For, because of this, are ye paying tribute also, - for, God's ministers of state, they are, unto this very thing, giving constant attendance.
Before a hoary head, shalt thou rise up, And shalt honour the presence of an elder, - So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God - I, am Yahweh.
Be yielding unto them who are guiding you, and submit yourselves; for they are watching over your souls, as having an account to render, that, with joy the same they may be doing, and not with sighing, - for, unprofitable unto you, were, this.
For, God's minister, is he unto thee for that which is good. But, if, that which is evil, thou be doing, be afraid! For, not in vain, the sword he beareth; for, God's minister, he is, - an avenger, unto anger, to him who practiseth what is evil.
For, they who bear rule, are not a terror unto the good work but unto the evil. Wouldst thou not be afraid of the authority? That which is good, be thou doing, and thou shall have praise of the same;
in nowise, shall honour his father or his mother - and so ye have cancelled, the word of God, for the sake of your, tradition.
Be putting them in mind, unto rulerships, unto authorities, to be in submission, to be yielding to rule, for every good work, to be, prepared,
Now we request you, brethren, - to know them who are toiling among you, and presiding over you, in the Lord, and admonishing you;
Submitting yourselves one to another in reverence of Christ, -
Most of all, however, them who go their way, after the flesh, with a coveting of defilement, and who despise, lordship, - daring! willful! before dignitaries, they tremble not, defaming,
Revere thou Yahweh, my son, and the king, and, with the fickle, have thou no fellowship;
Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are, helpers, of your joy, for, by your faith, ye stand.
So that, he who rangeth himself against the authority, against the arrangement of God opposeth himself, and, they who oppose, shall unto themselves a sentence of judgment receive.
Ye children, be obedient unto your parents in the Lord, for this is right:
And to hold them in very high esteem, in love, their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves,
Honour thy father, and thy mother, - that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.
For this cause, ought the woman to have, permission, upon her head, because of the messengers.
My brethren, do not, with respect for persons, be holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.
As, Sarah, was obedient unto Abraham, calling him, lord, - whose children ye have become - so long as ye are doing good, and not bringing yourselves into fear of any single cause of alarm.
As to these things, be speaking and exhorting and reproving, with all manner of precept: let, no one, disregard thee!
Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,
Who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, messengers and authorities and powers, having been made subject unto him.
For, he that acteth unrighteously, shall get back what he had unrighteously done, and there is no respect of persons;
Furthermore, indeed, the fathers of our flesh, we used to have, as administrators of discipline, and we used to pay deference: shall we not, much rather, submit ourselves to the Father of our spirits and, live?
Ye shall not act perversely in giving judgment, Thou shalt neither respect the person of the poor, Nor prefer the person of the great, - In righteousness, shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Ye shall not take note of faces in judgment - so the small as the great, shall ye hear, ye shall not shrink from the face of any man, for judgment, unto God, belongeth, - but the thing which is too hard for you, shall ye bring near unto me, and I will hear it.
In like manner, nevertheless, even these, in their dreamings, flesh indeed defile, while lordship they set aside, and dignities they defame.
Ye shall, every one, revere, his father and his mother, And my sabbaths, shall ye observe, - I - Yahweh, am your God.
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