37 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority

Render therefore to all their due. Provide tribute to whom tribute is due. Give custom to whom custom is owed. Render fear to whom fear is owed and offer honor to whom honor is deserved.

Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Reverence and respect God. Honor the king.

They should be made for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.

Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle master but also to the hard to please.

Let every person be subject to superior authorities. For there is no authority except by God. God allows the authorities to serve in their positions.

You must be in subjection, not only because of that wrath, but also for the sake of your conscience.

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it is to the king,

That is why you pay taxes. They are God's ministers continually serving this very purpose.

Show respect to the elderly, and honor older people. In this way you show respect for your God. I am Jehovah.

Obey those who lead you. Submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your lives and must account for this. Obey them that their work may be a joy and not a burden; that would be without gain for you.

He is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid for he does not bear the sword in vain. He is the minister of God, an avenger to execute wrath upon him that does evil.

For rulers are objects of fear, not to good works, but to the evil. Will you not have respect for the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from it.

You say there is no need for him to give honor to his father. You have invalidated the word of God because of your tradition!

Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, and to be ready to do every good work,

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

Be subject (obedient) (subordinate) to one another in reverence of Christ.

This is primarily for those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble at glorious ones but speak abusively.

My son, respect Jehovah and the king. Do not associate with those who want to change things.

We do not control your faith. We are fellow workers for your joy: for you stand fast in faith.

Whoever opposes the authority resists the ordinance of God. Those who resist will receive judgment.

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

To esteem them very highly in love because of the work they do. And be at peace among yourselves.

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land Jehovah your God gives you.

That is why the woman should have a sign of authority on her head because of the angels.

My brothers, keep the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. Do not favor one person over the other.

Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. You are her children now, if you do what is right and are not fearful.

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

Speak and exhort and reprove these things with all authority. Let no man despise you.

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

He is in heaven at the right hand of God, ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers.

For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong that he has done. There is no partiality.

Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh that corrected us, and we gave them respect. Shall we not much more be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.

You will not show partiality in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great. You will not fear man for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.'

The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, he said.

In like manner these men also in their dreams defile the flesh, reject authority and speak evil of glorious ones.

Respect your mother and father. Observe my days of worship. I am Jehovah your God!