Bible Verses About Submission to Human Authority
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for submission to human authority, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 5,981 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 Submission to Human Authority
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.
Hebrews 13:17508 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 3:1360 votes
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Romans 13:1351 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 5:5250 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.
Acts 5:29202 votes
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
1 Peter 2:13186 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter 2:13-25181 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Ephesians 5:21145 votes
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
Matthew 22:21110 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.
1 Timothy 2:1-297 votes
I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Ephesians 5:22-3372 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.
Romans 13:269 votes
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
1 Peter 2:13-1463 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
1 Peter 5:363 votes
Neither as being lords over God’s heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.
Hebrews 5:862 votes
Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
Acts 4:18-2059 votes
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
Romans 13:555 votes
Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
Ephesians 5:2252 votes
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto 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 13:1-1449 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 5:21-3349 votes
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
1 Peter 2:13-1749 votes
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
Romans 8:748 votes
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
Ephesians 5:2347 votes
For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
What does the Bible say about submission to human authority?
Readers most often cite Romans 13:1-7 on the subject of submission to human authority. Across 5,981 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Hebrews 13:17, Titus 3:1, Romans 13:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.