Bible Verses About Laws of Man
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for laws of man, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,391 votes, led by Romans 13:1-14. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Laws of Man
Romans 13:1-14106 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.
Acts 5:2999 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Titus 3:181 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
1 John 3:464 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
Romans 2:1-2957 votes
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Romans 13:150 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.
Romans 13:1-750 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.
1 Peter 2:13-1750 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Galatians 5:19-2145 votes
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
John 1:1743 votes
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
Matthew 18:1841 votes
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Micah 6:837 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Galatians 5:1434 votes
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Romans 3:2033 votes
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Matthew 5:17-1832 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
Galatians 5:22-2332 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
1 John 2:432 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
John 20:2330 votes
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
Hebrews 13:430 votes
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
1 Peter 2:1329 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Romans 13:728 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.
Genesis 1:2627 votes
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Exodus 20:1-2626 votes
And God spake all these words, saying,
John 15:1226 votes
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
James 1:2526 votes
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
What does the Bible say about laws of man?
Readers most often cite Romans 13:1-14 on the subject of laws of man. Across 2,391 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 5:29, Titus 3:1, 1 John 3:4. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.