Romans 13:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For it is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, because it does not carry the sword for no reason. For it is God’s servant, an avenger  that brings wrath on the one who does wrong.

Cross References

Romans 12:19

Friends, do not avenge yourselves; instead, leave room for God’s wrath, because it is written, Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay,   , says the Lord.

Proverbs 20:2

A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s fury is a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it.

2 Chronicles 19:6

Then he said to the judges, ‘Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for a man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the matter of judgement.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

This means one must not transgress against and take advantage  of a brother or sister in this manner, because the Lord is an avenger of all these offences, as we also previously told and warned you.

Romans 13:6

And for this reason you pay taxes, since the authorities are God’s servants, continually attending to these tasks.

Micah 3:9

Listen to this, leaders of the house of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice and pervert everything that is right,

Ezekiel 25:14

I will take my vengeance  on Edom through my people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to my anger and wrath. So they will know my vengeance. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

‘Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives in order to make profit dishonestly.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat  and sleek. They have also excelled in evil matters. They have not taken up cases, such as the case of the fatherless, so they might prosper, and they have not defended the rights of the needy.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do what is good. Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel  over them.

Proverbs 20:8

A king sitting on a throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord your God! He delighted in you and put you on the throne of Israel,  because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel.  He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.’

Joshua 20:9

These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and the foreigners residing among them,  so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die at the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the assembly.

Joshua 20:5

And if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not hand the one who committed manslaughter over to him, for he killed his neighbour accidentally and did not hate him beforehand.

1 Peter 2:14

or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do what is evil and to praise those who do what is good.