30 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority

Pay them all their respective dues, tribute to one, taxes to another, respect to this man, honour to that.

Do honour to all, love the brotherhood, reverence God, honour the emperor.

Servants, be submissive to your masters with perfect respect, not simply to those who are kind and reasonable but to the surly as well ??19 for it is a merit when from a sense of God one bears the pain of unjust suffering.

Every subject must obey the government-authorities, for no authority exists apart from God; the existing authorities have been constituted by God.

You must be obedient, therefore, not only to avoid the divine vengeance but as a matter of conscience,

Submit for the Lord's sake to any human authority; submit to the emperor as supreme,

for the same reason as you pay taxes ??since magistrates are God's officers, bent upon the maintenance of order and authority.

Obey your leaders, submit to them; for they are alive to the interests of your souls, as men who will have to account for their trust. Let their work be a joy to them and not a grief ??which would be a loss to yourselves.

the magistrate is God's servant for your benefit. But if you do wrong, you may well be alarmed; a magistrate does not wield the power of the sword for nothing, he is God's servant for the infliction of divine vengeance upon evil-doers.

Magistrates are no terror to an honest man, though they are to a bad man. If you want to avoid being alarmed at the government-authorities, lead an honest life and you will be commended for it;

need not honour his father or mother. So you have repealed the law of God to suit your own tradition.

Remind them to be submissive to their rulers and authorities; they must obey, they must be ready for any good work,

Brothers, we beg you to respect those who are working among you, presiding over you in the Lord and maintaining discipline;

Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

particularly those who fall in with the polluting appetite of the flesh and despise the Powers celestial. Daring, presumptuous creatures! they are not afraid to scoff at the angelic Glories;

(Not that we lord it over your faith ??no, we co-operate for your joy: you have a standing of your own in the faith.)

Hence anyone who resists authority is opposing the divine order, and the opposition will bring judgment on themselves.

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

hold them in special esteem and affection, for the sake of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

Therefore, in view of the angels, woman must wear a symbol of subjection on her head.

My brothers, as you believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Glory, pay no servile regard to people.

Thus Sara obeyed Abraham by calling him 'lord'. And you are daughters of Sara if you do what is right and yield to no panic.

Wives, be subject to your husbands; that is your proper duty in the Lord.

Tell them all this, exhort and reprove, with full authority; let no one slight you.

Wives, be subject to your husbands as to the Lord,

who is at God's right hand ??for he went to heaven after angels, authorities, and powers celestial had been made subject to him.)

for the wrongdoer will be paid back for his wrongdoing ??there will be no favour shown.

Why, we had fathers of our flesh to discipline us, and we yielded to them! Shall we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so live?

"The scribes and Pharisees sit on the seat of Moses;

Despite it all, these visionaries pollute their flesh, scorn the Powers celestial, and scoff at the angelic Glories.