Bible Verses About Obeying Mans Law
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for obeying mans law, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 7,002 votes, led by Romans 13:1-7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Obeying Mans Law
Romans 13:1-7559 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 5:29456 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Titus 3:1420 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Luke 20:25215 votes
And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s.
1 Peter 2:13-17211 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Matthew 22:21167 votes
They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s.
Romans 13:1-2145 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 Timothy 2:1-2139 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Romans 13:1-14136 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 13:1117 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 2:14108 votes
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
1 John 3:4104 votes
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1 John 2:4103 votes
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
1 Peter 2:1388 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Proverbs 24:2184 votes
My son, fear thou the Lord and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
Luke 16:1384 votes
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
1 Peter 2:13-1482 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Romans 2:1371 votes
(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
Romans 13:5-769 votes
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Jeremiah 29:768 votes
And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
Matthew 17:24-2768 votes
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
Acts 5:27-2967 votes
And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Titus 3:967 votes
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
Romans 13:766 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.
James 1:2566 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 obeying mans law?
Readers most often cite Romans 13:1-7 on the subject of obeying mans law. Across 7,002 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 5:29, Titus 3:1, Luke 20:25. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.