31 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority
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Pay to all their dues; a tax to whom a tax is due, a toll to whom a toll is due, fear to whom fear, and honor to whom honor.
Honor all men, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.
for kings and all in authority, that we may lead quiet and peaceful lives in all piety and sanctity.
Let servants be subject with all fear to masters, not only to the good and gentle but also to the perverse.
Let every soul be subject to the superior powers. For there is no power except from God, and the [powers] which exist have been ordained by God.
Wherefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only on account of punishment, but also on account of conscience.
Be subject therefore to every human government, for the Lord's sake, whether to the king, as superior,
For on this account also you pay taxes; for [magistrates] are servants of God attending constantly to this same thing.
Obey your guides and be in subjection; for they watch for your souls as having to give an account, that they may do this with joy and not with grief; for this is unprofitable for you.
for [the power] is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for it bears not the sword in vain; for it is God's minister of justice for punishment to him that does evil.
For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Will you not fear the power? Do good, and you shall have praise from it;
then he shall not honor his father or his mother; and you have made the law of God of no effect by your tradition.
Admonish them to be subject to principalities, to powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready for every good work,
And we beseech you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you,
being subject one to another in the fear of Christ.
but especially those who walk after the flesh, in corrupt desires, and despise goverment. Presumptuous, self-complacent, they fear not to revile glories,
Not that we are lords of your faith, but co-laborers of your joy; for you stand firm by the faith.
So that he who resists the power resists the ordinance of God; and those who resist shall receive judgment on themselves.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right.
and to esteem them very highly in love on account of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.
For this reason ought the woman to have a power [veil] on her head because of the angels.
My brothers, have not the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with a respect of persons.
as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him Lord, whose children you are, doing good and having no fear.
Let wives [be subject] to their husbands as to the Lord,
who is on the right hand of God, having gone to heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
for he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done, and there is no respect of persons.
Moreover, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us and we respected them; shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?
In like manner also these dreamers defile the flesh, reject government, and blaspheme glories.
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