37 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority

render, therefore, to all their dues; to whom tribute, the tribute; to whom custom, the custom; to whom fear, the fear; to whom honour, the honour.

to all give ye honour; the brotherhood love ye; God fear ye; the king honour ye.

for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

The domestics! be subjecting yourselves in all fear to the masters, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the cross;

Let every soul to the higher authorities be subject, for there is no authority except from God, and the authorities existing are appointed by God,

Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience,

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

for because of this also pay ye tribute; for servants of God they are, on this very thing attending continually;

At the presence of grey hairs thou dost rise up, and thou hast honoured the presence of an old man, and hast been afraid of thy God; I am Jehovah.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.

for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

For those ruling are not a terror to the good works, but to the evil; and dost thou wish not to be afraid of the authority? that which is good be doing, and thou shalt have praise from it,

and he may not honour his father or his mother, and ye did set aside the command of God because of your tradition.

Remind them to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rule, unto every good work to be ready,

And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,

subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of God.

and chiefly those going behind the flesh in desire of uncleanness, and lordship despising; presumptuous, self-complacent, dignities they are not afraid to speak evil of,

Fear Jehovah, my son, and the king, With changers mix not up thyself,

not that we are lords over your faith, but we are workers together with your joy, for by the faith ye stand.

so that he who is setting himself against the authority, against God's ordinance hath resisted; and those resisting, to themselves shall receive judgment.

The children! obey your parents in the Lord, for this is righteous;

and to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;

'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.

because of this the woman ought to have a token of authority upon the head, because of the messengers;

My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,

as Sarah was obedient to Abraham, calling him 'sir,' of whom ye did become daughters, doing good, and not fearing any terror.

The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

these things be speaking, and exhorting, and convicting, with all charge; let no one despise thee!

The wives! to your own husbands subject yourselves, as to the Lord,

who is at the right hand of God, having gone on to heaven -- messengers, and authorities, and powers, having been subjected to him.

and he who is doing unrighteously shall receive what he did unrighteously, and there is no acceptance of persons.

Then, indeed, fathers of our flesh we have had, chastising us, and we were reverencing them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of the spirits, and live?

'Ye do not do perversity in judgment; thou dost not lift up the face of the poor, nor honour the face of the great; in righteousness thou dost judge thy fellow.

ye do not discern faces in judgment; as the little so the great ye do hear; ye are not afraid of the face of any, for the judgment is God's, and the thing which is too hard for you, ye bring near unto me, and I have heard it;

saying, 'On the seat of Moses sat down the scribes and the Pharisees;

In like manner, nevertheless, those dreaming also the flesh indeed do defile, and lordship they put away, and dignities they speak evil of,

Each his mother and his father ye do fear, and My sabbaths ye do keep; I am Jehovah your God.