Romans 13:7 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁷ Pay all of them their dues, taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ Render to all men their dues. [Pay] taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Render to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.

Common English Bible

⁷ So pay everyone what you owe them. Pay the taxes you owe, pay the duties you are charged, give respect to those you should respect, and honor those you should honor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Therefore, render to all whatever is owed. Taxes, to whom taxes is due; revenue, to whom revenue is due; fear, to whom fear is due; honor, to whom honor is due.

Romans 13:7 Cross References

1 Kings 3:17

The one woman said, “Oh, my lord, this woman and I dwell in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not disobey either of them;

Proverbs 3:27

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my sabbaths: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:32

“You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your God: I am the Lord.

Matthew 17:25

He said, “Yes.” And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tribute? From their sons or from others?”

Matthew 22:21

They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

Mark 12:17

Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” And they were amazed at him.

Luke 20:22

Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?”

Luke 20:25

He said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

Luke 23:2

And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ a king.”

Romans 12:10

love one another with brotherly affection; outdo one another in showing honor.

Romans 13:6

For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

Ephesians 5:33

however, let each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

Ephesians 6:5

Slaves, be obedient to those who are your earthly masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as to Christ;

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, gadding about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching;

1 Timothy 6:1

Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be defamed.

1 Peter 3:7

Likewise you husbands, live considerately with your wives, bestowing honor on the woman as the weaker sex, since you are joint heirs of the grace of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered.

1 Samuel 12:18

So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.