37 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority

Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.

Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience.

Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,

For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

"You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the LORD.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,

he need not honor his father.' So for the sake of your tradition you have made void the word of God.

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,

submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones,

My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise,

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

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

and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

That is why a wife ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.

My brothers,show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening.

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

Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

"You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.'

"The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat,

Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.