Romans 13:4

Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

for he is the minister of God to thee into good. But if thou doest evil, dread thou; for not without cause he beareth the sword, for he is the minister of God, avenger into wrath to him that doeth evil.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be thy Lord God, whom thou pleasedest, and hath set thee on the throne of Israel; for the Lord loved Israel without end, and hath ordained thee king, that thou shouldest do doom and rightfulness [or rightwiseness].

2 Chronicles 19:6

And he commanded to the judges, and said to them, See ye, that is, be ye ware, what ye do; for ye use not the doom of man, but the doom of the Lord; and whatever thing ye deem unjustly, it shall turn against you;

Proverbs 16:14

[The] Indignation of the king is messengers of death; and a wise man shall please him.

Proverbs 20:2

As the roaring of a lion, so and the dread of a king; he that stirreth him to ire, sinneth against his soul.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise king scattereth wicked men; and boweth a bow of victory, that is, a stone bow, over them.

Proverbs 20:8

A king that sitteth in the seat of doom, destroyeth all evil by his looking.

Isaiah 1:17

learn ye to do well. Seek ye doom, help ye him that is oppressed, deem ye to the fatherless and motherless child, defend ye a widow.

Jeremiah 5:28

Therefore they be magnified, and made rich, made fat within, and made fat withoutforth, and they passed worst my words; they deemed not the cause of a widow, they dressed not the cause of a fatherless child, and they deemed not the doom of poor men.

Ezekiel 22:27

The princes thereof in the midst thereof were as wolves ravishing prey, to shed out blood, and to lose men, and in following lucres greedily.

Ezekiel 25:14

And I shall give my vengeance on Idumea, by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom by my wrath, and by my strong vengeance; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.

Micah 3:9

Hear these things, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and doomsmen of the house of Israel, which loathe doom, and pervert all right things;

Romans 12:19

Ye most dear brethren, not defending, [or avenging], yourselves, but give ye place to wrath [or ire]; for it is written, The Lord saith, To me vengeance, and I shall yield.

Romans 13:6

For therefore ye give tributes, they be the ministers of God, and serve for this same thing.

1 Thessalonians 4:6

And that no man over-go, neither deceive his brother, in chaffering. For the Lord is avenger of all these things, as we before-said to you, and have witnessed.

Joshua 20:5

And when the avenger of blood pursueth him, they of that city shall not betake him into the hands of the avenger; for unwittingly he killed his neighbour, and he is not proved his enemy before the second day either the third day.

Joshua 20:9

These cities were ordained to all the sons of Israel, and to the comelings that dwell among them, that he that killed unwittingly a man, should flee to those cities; and he should not die in the hand of the neighbour, coveting to avenge the blood shed out, till he stood before the people, to declare his cause.

1 Peter 2:14

either to dukes, as to those that be sent of him to the vengeance of mis-doers, and to the praising of good men [or of good deeds].