Bible Verses About Respecting Authorities
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for respecting authorities, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,032 votes, led by Romans 13:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Respecting Authorities
Romans 13:1376 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 13:1-7277 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 5:5210 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.
1 Peter 2:13126 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Ephesians 6:1-3123 votes
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Romans 13:7101 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.
Hebrews 13:17101 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.
Titus 3:198 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Daniel 2:2181 votes
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
1 Peter 2:1778 votes
Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
1 Timothy 2:1-477 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1 Timothy 4:1269 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 3:1560 votes
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
Romans 13:1-1459 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 6:452 votes
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
1 Timothy 5:1-250 votes
Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
Romans 13:248 votes
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Mark 13:1-3744 votes
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
1 Peter 2:1-1742 votes
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
Leviticus 19:3237 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 13:1-237 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.
2 Timothy 2:1532 votes
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
Ephesians 5:2230 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
1 Peter 2:13-1430 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter 2:13-1728 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
What does the Bible say about respecting authorities?
Readers most often cite Romans 13:1 on the subject of respecting authorities. Across 3,032 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 5:5, 1 Peter 2:13. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.