What Does the Bible Say About Rulers Being Protectors?

Proverbs 29:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

If a king faithfully judges the poor, his throne will be established forever.

Psalm 72:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, give deliverance to the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor!

Romans 13:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

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.

1 Peter 2:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

Jeremiah 22:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Isaiah 1:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Proverbs 29:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Proverbs 20:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

Proverbs 8:15-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just; by me princes rule, and nobles, all who govern justly.

Psalm 82:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

Psalm 82:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A Psalm of Asaph. God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment: “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

2 Samuel 23:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The God of Israel has spoken; the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,

Deuteronomy 1:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him. You shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.’

14 Bible Verses about Rulers Being Protectors

Proverbs 29:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 72:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 13:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 22:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 8:15-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 82:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 82:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Samuel 23:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 1:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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Proverbs 29:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Psalm 72:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Romans 13:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

1 Peter 2:13-14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Jeremiah 22:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 29:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 20:28 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Proverbs 8:15-16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 82:3-4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Psalm 82:1-2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

2 Samuel 23:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deuteronomy 1:16-17 ESV / 4 helpful votes