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Bible Verses About submitting to authority

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What does the Bible say about submitting to authority? Browse 8 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.

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TranslationKey Verse: Hebrews 13:17
King James (KJV)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. have: or, guide

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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. have: or, guide
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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. ordained: or, ordered
Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

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