Bible Verses About Obedience To Authority

"And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."

Matthew 28:18 ESV

"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. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God's wrath but also for the sake of conscience. ..."

Romans 13:1-14 ESV

"But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God."

1 Corinthians 11:3 ESV

"For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,"

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV

"Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands."

Ephesians 5:22-24 ESV

"For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Savior."

Ephesians 5:23 ESV

"Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you."

Hebrews 13:17 ESV

"Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,"

1 Peter 2:13 ESV

"But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men."

Acts 5:29 ESV

"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."

Romans 13:1 ESV