Romans 13:4

Modern King James Version

For it is a servant of God to you for good. For if you practice evil, be afraid, for it does not bear the sword in vain; for it is a servant of God, a revenger for wrath on him who does evil.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed is Jehovah your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Jehovah loved Israel forever; therefore, He made you king to do judgment and justice.

2 Chronicles 19:6

And he said to the judges, Take heed what you do. For you do not judge for man, but for Jehovah, who is with you in the judgment.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will quiet it.

Proverbs 20:2

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever stirs him up to anger sins against his own soul.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.

Proverbs 20:8

A king who sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do good; seek judgment, reprove the oppressor. Judge the orphan, plead for the widow.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy.

Ezekiel 22:27

Her rulers in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, to shed blood and to destroy souls, to get unjust gain.

Ezekiel 25:14

And I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. And they shall do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury. And they shall know My vengeance, says the Lord Jehovah.

Micah 3:9

Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob, and magistrates of the house of Israel, who hate justice and pervert all equity.

Romans 12:19

not avenging yourselves, beloved, but giving place to wrath; for it is written, "Vengeance is Mine, I will repay, says the Lord."

Romans 13:6

For because of this you also pay taxes. For they are God's servants, always giving attention to this very thing.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

not to go beyond and defraud his brother in this matter (because the Lord is the avenger concerning all these, as we also have forewarned you and testified).

Joshua 20:5

And if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, for he has struck his neighbor without knowing, and did not hate him in past time.

Joshua 20:9

These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel, and for the alien who was living in their midst, that he who had killed anyone without knowing might flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation.

1 Peter 2:14

or to governors as sent by Him for vengeance on evildoers, but for praise on well-doers.