What Does the Bible Say About Authority Over You?

Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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.

1 John 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

1 Peter 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Luke 10:1-42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ ...

1 Peter 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.

1 Peter 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

James 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For “God has put all things in subjection under his feet.” But when it says, “all things are put in subjection,” it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him.

Romans 13:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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 13:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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. ...

Mark 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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

Matthew 28:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. ...

Matthew 9:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.

Matthew 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.”

Matthew 8:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

18 Bible Verses about Authority Over You

Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 10:1-42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 9:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 8:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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18 Bible Verses about Authority Over You

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Hebrews 13:17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 John 2:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 5:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Luke 10:1-42 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

James 4:7 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 6:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 5:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 15:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 13:1-14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Mark 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 28:1-20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 9:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 8:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes