28 Bible Verses about Rulers

But Jesus called them to him and said, "You know that the rulers of the heathen lord it over them, and their great men tyrannize over them.

And Jesus called them to him, and said to them, "You know that those who are supposed to rule the heathen lord it over them, and their great men tyrannize over them;

He has dethroned monarchs and exalted the poor,

When they bring you before the synagogues or the magistrates or the authorities, you must have no anxiety about how to defend yourselves or what to say,

But the aggressor thrust him off, saying, 'Who made you our ruler and judge?

Yet there is a wisdom that we impart when we are with people who have a mature faith, but it is not what this world calls wisdom, nor what the authorities of this world, doomed as they are to pass away, would call so. But it is a mysterious divine wisdom that we impart, hitherto kept secret, and destined by God before the world began for our glory. It is a wisdom unknown to any of the authorities of this world, for otherwise they would never have crucified our glorious Lord.

The man who does right has nothing to fear from the magistrates, as the wrongdoer has. If you want to have no fear of the authorities, do right, and they will commend you for it,

Remind men to accept and obey the constituted authorities, to be ready for any useful service,

and rescued him from all his troubles, and enabled him to win favor and to show wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor of Egypt and of his whole household.

" 'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are by no means least important among the leading places of Judah, For from you will come a leader Who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.' "

A member of the council asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"

On the next day the leading members of the council, the elders, and the scribes met in Jerusalem,

Pilate summoned the high priests and the leading members of the council and the people,

and how the high priests and our leading men gave him up to be sentenced to death, and had him crucified.

Have any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in him?

Then Peter, filled with the holy Spirit, said to them, "Leaders of the people and members of the council,

For the people of Jerusalem and their leaders refused to recognize him, and condemned him, thus fulfilling the very utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath,

and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the sovereign of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood

"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: " 'The Amen, the true and faithful witness, the origin of God's creation, speaks thus:

which will be brought about in his own time by the blessed, only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords,

Everyone must obey the authorities that are over him, for no authority can exist without the permission of God; the existing authorities have been established by him, so that anyone who resists the authorities sets himself in opposition to what God has ordained, and those who oppose him will bring down judgment upon themselves.