Bible Verses About Rules
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for rules, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,366 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 Rules
Romans 13:1160 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 5:29118 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
2 Timothy 3:16-1760 votes
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Hebrews 13:1736 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.
Joshua 1:832 votes
This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Psalms 119:1032 votes
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
Proverbs 29:228 votes
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Colossians 3:2325 votes
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Deuteronomy 21:18-2122 votes
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Romans 8:2821 votes
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
1 Timothy 5:1721 votes
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Luke 16:1720 votes
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Matthew 7:1219 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Ephesians 6:519 votes
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
Revelation 1:1-2019 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:
Luke 3:1118 votes
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
1 Corinthians 10:1318 votes
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
2 John 1:618 votes
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
Leviticus 19:317 votes
Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:1917 votes
Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.
Galatians 5:22-2317 votes
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Exodus 23:416 votes
If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Deuteronomy 25:516 votes
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
Leviticus 19:2715 votes
Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Leviticus 20:1515 votes
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
What does the Bible say about rules?
Readers most often cite Romans 13:1 on the subject of rules. Across 1,366 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Acts 5:29, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Hebrews 13:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.