Hebrews 13:17

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Obey your leaders and submit to them; for they are keeping watch over your souls, as men who will have to give account. Let them do this joyfully, and not sadly, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Cross References

Genesis 16:9

The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and submit to her.”

Exodus 32:31

So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Alas, this people have sinned a great sin; they have made for themselves gods of gold.

Proverbs 5:13

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.

Isaiah 62:6

Upon your walls, O Jerusalem, I have set watchmen; all the day and all the night they shall never be silent. You who put the Lord in remembrance, take no rest,

Jeremiah 13:17

But if you will not listen, my soul will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive.

Ezekiel 33:2

“Son of man, speak to your people and say to them, If I bring the sword upon a land, and the people of the land take a man from among them, and make him their watchman;

Luke 16:2

And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’

Acts 20:28

Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God which he obtained with the blood of his own Son.

Romans 14:12

So each of us shall give account of himself to God.

1 Corinthians 16:16

I urge you to be subject to such men and to every fellow worker and laborer.

Ephesians 5:21

Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Philippians 1:4

always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy,

Philippians 2:12

Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;

Philippians 2:16

holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

Philippians 2:29

So receive him in the Lord with all joy; and honor such men,

Philippians 3:18

For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Philippians 4:1

Therefore, my brethren, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, stand firm thus in the Lord, my beloved.

2 Thessalonians 3:14

If any one refuses to obey what we say in this letter, note that man, and have nothing to do with him, that he may be ashamed.

1 Timothy 5:17

Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching;

Hebrews 13:24

Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.

Hebrews 13:7

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God; consider the outcome of their life, and imitate their faith.

James 4:7

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise you that are younger be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”

1 Samuel 8:19

But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No! but we will have a king over us,