Romans 13:3

The Message

Cross References

Proverbs 14:35

Diligent work gets a warm commendation; shiftless work earns an angry rebuke.

Proverbs 20:2

Quick-tempered leaders are like mad dogs— cross them and they bite your head off.

Deuteronomy 25:1

When men have a legal dispute, let them go to court; the judges will decide between them, declaring one innocent and the other guilty. If the guilty one deserves punishment, the judge will have him lay himself down before him and lashed as many times as his crime deserves, but not more than forty. If you hit him more than forty times, you will degrade him to something less than human.