31 Bible Verses about Respecting Authority

Render, therefore, to all their dues; tribute, to whom tribute is due; custom, to whom custom; fear, to whom fear; honor, to whom honor is due.

Honor all men; love the brotherhood; reverence God; honor the king.

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

Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the perverse.

Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority but from God: the authorities that are, have been appointed by God.

Wherefore, it is necessary to be subject, not only because of punishment, but also for conscience sake.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake; whether it be to the king, as supreme ruler,

On this very account, too, pay tribute also: for they are the public servants of God, attending continually to this very thing.

Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive: for they watch for your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for that would be fatal to you.

For he is the minister of God to you for that which is good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain. For he is the minister of God to inflict punishment on him that does evil.

For rulers are not a terror to works that are good, but to those which are evil. Will you, then, not be afraid of the authority? Do that which is good, and you shall receive praise from the same.

and you make the commandment of God of no effect for the sake of your tradition.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and authorities, to obey rulers, to be ready for every good work,

Now we beseech you, brethren, to have regard for those who labor among you, and preside over you in the Lord, and admonish you,

being subject one to another in the fear of God.

but especially those who walk after the flesh in unclean lust, and who despise government. Presumptuous, willful men! they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries:

not that we are lords over your faith, but fellow- workers for your joy: for by faith you stand.

Therefore, he that resists the authority, resists the appointment of God; and those who resist shall receive to themselves condemnation.

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

and that you 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 token of subjection on her head, on account of the angels.

My brethren, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, so as to show a partiality for persons.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: and you are her children, if you do good, and fear no dismay.

Wives, be subject to your husbands, as it is becoming in the Lord.

Speak these things, and exhort and rebuke with all strictness. Let no one despise you.

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

who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having become subject to him.

But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done; and there is no respect of persons.

So, then, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, and live?

saying: The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat:

Yet, these dreamers also in like manner defile the flesh, despise government, and speak evil of dignitaries.