Romans 13:1

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

Cross References

Psalm 62:11

Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God;

Proverbs 24:21

My son, fear the Lord and the king, and do not disobey either of them;

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding;

Daniel 4:17

The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men, and gives it to whom he will, and sets over it the lowliest of men.’

Daniel 4:32

and you shall be driven from among men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; and you shall be made to eat grass like an ox; and seven times shall pass over you, until you have learned that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will.”

Matthew 6:13

And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil.

John 19:11

Jesus answered him, “You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore he who delivered me to you has the greater sin.”

Acts 2:41

So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

Romans 12:21

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 13:2

Therefore he who resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

Ephesians 5:21

Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Deuteronomy 17:12

The man who acts presumptuously, by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, godly and respectful in every way.

Titus 3:1

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for any honest work,

Jude 1:8

Yet in like manner these men in their dreamings defile the flesh, reject authority, and revile the glorious ones.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Revelation 17:14

they will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful.”

Revelation 19:16

On his robe and on his thigh he has a name inscribed, King of kings and Lord of lords.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises up the poor from the dust; he lifts the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with princes and inherit a seat of honor. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and on them he has set the world.