Bible Cross References
rulers
Romans 13:4
For he is God's servant to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's servant, an avenger for wrath to the [one] practicing evil.
Deuteronomy 25:1
And if there should be a dispute between men, and they should come forward to judgment, and [the judges] judge, and justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
Proverbs 14:35
An understanding servant is acceptable to a king, and by his good behavior he removes disgrace.
Proverbs 20:2
The threat of a king differs not from the rage of a lion; and he that provokes him sins against his own soul.
Ecclesiastes 10:4-6
4
If the spirit of the ruler rises up against you, leave not your place; for soothing will put an end to great offenses.
5
There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error that has proceeded from the ruler.
6
The fool has been set in very high places, while rich men would sit in a low one.
Jeremiah 22:15-18
15
Shall you reign because you are provoked with your father Ahaz? They shall not eat, and they shall not drink: it is better for you to execute justice and righteousness.
16
They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor- is not this your not knowing Me? Says the Lord.
17
Behold, your eyes are not good, nor your heart, but [they go] after your covetousness, and after the innocent blood to shed it, and after acts of injustice and slaughter, to commit them.
18
Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, even concerning this man: they shall not lament for him, [saying], Ah brother! Neither shall they weep for him, [saying], Alas Lord.
Wilt
1 Peter 2:13
Therefore subject yourselves to every human institution on account of the Lord: whether to the king as [to one] having authority,
1 Peter 2:14
or to governors, as to those being sent for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise [of those] doing good.
1 Peter 3:13
And who is he that shall injure you if you become imitators of that which is good?
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer on account of righteousness, [you are] blessed. "But do not fear their threats, nor be troubled."