Government & Society
Bible Verses About submitting to authority
8 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about submitting to authority? Browse 8 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Hebrews 13:17 |
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| 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” |
8 Key Scriptures
“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.”
Acts 5:29KJV
“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”
Romans 13:1KJV
“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
James 4:17KJV
“Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,”
Titus 3:1KJV
“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;”
1 Peter 2:13KJV
“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.”
Romans 12:2KJV
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