37 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority

Pay to everyone [what is] owed: [pay] taxes to whom taxes [are due]; [pay] customs duties to whom customs duties [are due]; [pay] respect to whom respect [is due]; [pay] honor to whom honor [is due].

Honor all [people], love the community of believers, fear God, honor the king.

on behalf of kings and all those who are in authority, in order that we may live a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

Domestic slaves, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to those [who are] good and gentle, but also to those [who are] unjust.

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities, for [there] is no authority except by God, and those that exist are put in place by God.

Therefore [it is] necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath but also because of conscience.

Subject yourselves to every human authority for the sake of the Lord, whether to a king as having supreme authority,

For because of this you also pay taxes, for [the authorities] are servants of God, busily engaged in this very [thing].

" '{Before} old age you shall get up, and you shall show respect for an old person; and you shall revere your God; I [am] Yahweh.

Obey your leaders and submit [to them], for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not [with] groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.

for it is God's servant to you for what [is] good. But if you do what [is] bad, be afraid, because it does not bear the sword to no purpose. For it is God's servant, the one who avenges for punishment on the one who does [what is] bad.

For rulers are not a [cause of] terror for a good deed, but for bad [conduct]. So do you want not to be afraid of authority? Do what [is] good, and you will have praise from it,

need not honor his father,' and you make void the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

Remind them to be subject to the rulers [and] to the authorities, to obey, to be prepared for every good work,

Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and rule over you in the Lord and admonish you,

being subject to one another {out of reverence for} Christ

and especially those who go after the flesh in defiling lust and who despise authority. Bold [and] arrogant, they do not tremble in awe [as they] blaspheme majestic beings,

Fear Yahweh, my son, and the king; with those who change, do not associate.

Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

So then, the one who resists authority resists the ordinance [which is] from God, and those who resist will receive condemnation on themselves.

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

and to esteem them beyond all measure in love, because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

"Honor your father and your mother, so that your days can be long on the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you.

Because of this, the woman ought to have [a symbol of] authority on her head, on account of the angels.

My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with partiality.

like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become [when you] do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.

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

Speak these [things] and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

--wives to their own husbands as to the Lord,

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

For the one who does wrong will receive back whatever wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?

" 'You shall not do injustice in judgment; {you shall not show partiality to the powerless}; you shall not give preference {to the powerful}; you shall judge your fellow citizen with justice.

You must not {be partial} {in your judgment}; hear [out] the small [person] as [also] the great [person]; {do not be intimidated by any person}, because the judgment [is] God's; and the case that is too difficult for you, bring [it] to me, and I will hear it [out].'

saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses.

Despite that, in the same way also these [men], [because of their] dreams, defile the flesh and reject authority and blaspheme majestic beings.

Each [of you] must revere your mother and your father, and you must keep my Sabbaths; I [am] Yahweh your God.