Bible Verses About Disrespectful to Authority
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for disrespectful to authority, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 802 votes, led by Hebrews 13:17. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Disrespectful to Authority
Hebrews 13:1778 votes
Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Deuteronomy 5:1646 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Romans 13:236 votes
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Leviticus 19:3235 votes
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.
Romans 13:133 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Exodus 20:1231 votes
Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Matthew 15:425 votes
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Romans 13:724 votes
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
2 Timothy 3:1-522 votes
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Colossians 3:20-2421 votes
Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
1 Peter 2:1721 votes
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
Proverbs 30:1720 votes
The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Romans 13:1-220 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Revelation 1:120 votes
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Romans 12:1018 votes
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Romans 13:1-1417 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Ephesians 5:3317 votes
Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband.
Isaiah 3:516 votes
And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable.
Philippians 2:316 votes
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
1 Timothy 6:1-215 votes
Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
Genesis 1:2714 votes
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
1 Thessalonians 5:1214 votes
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
1 Timothy 4:1214 votes
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
1 Peter 2:1313 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter 5:513 votes
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
What does the Bible say about disrespectful to authority?
Readers most often cite Hebrews 13:17 on the subject of disrespectful to authority. Across 802 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Deuteronomy 5:16, Romans 13:2, Leviticus 19:32. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.