Romans 13:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For he is God's minister to thee, for good. But if thou do that which is evil, fear: for he beareth not the sword in vain. For he is God's minister: an avenger to execute wrath upon him that doth evil.

Cross References

Romans 12:19

Revenge not yourselves, my dearly beloved; but give place unto wrath, for it is written: Revenge is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord.

Proverbs 20:2

As the roaring of a lion, so also is the dread of a king: he that provoketh him, sinneth against his own soul.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: and the wise man will pacify it.

2 Chronicles 19:6

And charging the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgment of man, but of the Lord. And whatsoever you judge, it shall redound to you.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

And that no man overreach, nor circumvent his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all these things, as we have told you before, and have testified.

Romans 13:6

For therefore also you pay tribute. For they are the ministers of God, serving unto this purpose.

Micah 3:9

Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment, and pervert all that is right.

Ezekiel 25:14

And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to my wrath, and my fury: and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood and to destroy souls and to run after gains through covetousness.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, they have not judged the judgement of the poor.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.

Proverbs 20:8

The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord thy God, whom thou hast pleased, and who hath set thee upon the throne of Israel: because the Lord hath loved Israel for ever, and hath appointed thee king, to do judgment and justice.

Joshua 20:9

These cities were appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the strangers, that dwelt among them: that whosoever had killed a person unawares might flee to them, and not die by the hand of the kinsman, coveting to revenge the blood that was shed, until he should stand before the people to lay open his cause.

Joshua 20:5

And when the avenger of blood shall pursue him, they shall not deliver him into his hands, because he slew his neighbour unawares, and is not proved to have been his enemy two or three days before.

1 Peter 2:14

Or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of the good: