Romans 13:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

For he is a minister of God for you unto good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid. For it is not without reason that he carries a sword. For he is a minister of God; an avenger to execute wrath upon whomever does evil.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed is the Lord your God, whom you have greatly pleased, and who has placed you upon the throne of Israel. For the Lord loves Israel forever, and he has appointed you as king, so that you may accomplish judgment and justice."

2 Chronicles 19:6

And instructing the judges, he said: "Pay attention to what you are doing. For you exercise judgment, not of man, but of the Lord. And whatever you will have judged, it will come back to you.

Proverbs 16:14

The indignation of a king is a herald of death. And the wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 20:2

Just like the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king. Whoever provokes him sins in his own soul.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king scatters the impious and bends an archway over them.

Proverbs 20:8

The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do good. Seek judgment, support the oppressed, judge for the orphan, defend the widow.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown stout and fat. And they have transgressed my words most wickedly. They have not judged the case of the widow; they have not given guidance to the case of the orphan; and they have not judged a judgment for the poor.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her leaders in her midst are like wolves seizing the prey: to shed blood, and to perish souls, and to continually pursue profit with avarice.

Ezekiel 25:14

And I will issue my vengeance upon Idumea, by the hand of my people, Israel. And they shall act in Idumea in accord with my wrath and my fury. And they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord God.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and judges of the house of Israel, you who abominate judgment and who pervert all that is right.

Romans 12:19

Do not defend yourselves, dearest ones. Instead, step aside from wrath. For it is written: "Vengeance is mine. I shall give retribution, says the Lord."

Romans 13:6

Therefore, you must also offer tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving him in this.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

and that no one should overwhelm or circumvent his brother in business. For the Lord is the vindicator of all these things, just as we have preached and testified to you.

Joshua 20:5

And if the avenger of blood will have pursued him, they shall not deliver him into his hands. For he struck down his neighbor unknowingly, one who was not proven to have been his enemy two or three days before.

Joshua 20:9

These cities were established for all the sons of Israel, and for the new arrivals who were living among them, so that whoever had struck down a life unintentionally might flee to these, and not die at the hand of a close relative who desires to vindicate the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people, in order to present his case.

1 Peter 2:14

or to leaders as having been sent from him for vindication over evildoers, it is truly for the praise of what is good.