Romans 13:1

American King James Version (1999)

Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Cross References

Psalm 62:11

God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs to God.

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear you the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

Daniel 2:21

And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:

Daniel 4:17

This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will, and sets up over it the basest of men.

Daniel 4:32

And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will.

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For your is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

John 19:11

Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except it were given you from above: therefore he that delivered me to you has the greater sin.

Acts 2:41

Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls.

Romans 12:21

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 13:2

Whoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

Ephesians 5:21

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Deuteronomy 17:12

And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not listen to the priest that stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel.

1 Timothy 2:2

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Titus 3:1

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Jude 1:8

Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

Revelation 1:5

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

Revelation 17:14

These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

Revelation 19:16

And he has on his clothing and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he has set the world on them.