Verse 1

Let{G5293} every{G3956} soul{G5590} be in subjection to{G5293} the higher{G5242} powers:{G1849} for{G1063} there is{G2076} no{G3756} power{G1849} {G1487} but{G3361} of{G575} God;{G2316} and the powers{G1849} that be{G5607} are{G1526} ordained{G5021} of{G5259} God.{G2316}

Referenced Verses

  • Titus 3:1 : 1 Put{G5279} them{G846} in mind{G5279} to be in subjection to{G5293} rulers,{G746} to{G2532} authorities,{G1849} to be obedient,{G3980} to be{G1511} ready{G2092} unto{G4314} every{G3956} good{G18} work,{G2041}
  • 1 Pet 2:13-17 : 13 Be subject{G5293} to every{G3956} ordinance{G2937} of man{G442} for{G1223} the Lord's sake:{G2962} whether{G1535} to the king,{G935} as{G5613} supreme;{G5242} 14 or{G1535} unto governors,{G2232} as{G5613} sent{G3992} by{G1223} him{G846} for{G1519} vengeance{G1557} on evil-doers{G2555} and{G1161} for praise{G1868} to them that do well.{G17} 15 For{G3754} so{G3779} is{G2076} the will{G2307} of God,{G2316} that by well-doing{G15} ye should put to silence{G5392} the ignorance{G56} of foolish{G878} men:{G444} 16 as{G5613} free,{G1658} and{G2532} not{G3361} using{G2192} your freedom{G1657} for{G5613} a cloak{G1942} of wickedness,{G2549} but{G235} as{G5613} bondservants{G1401} of God.{G2316} 17 Honor{G5091} all{G3956} men. Love{G25} the brotherhood.{G81} Fear{G5399} God.{G2316} Honor{G5091} the king.{G935}
  • John 19:11 : 11 Jesus{G2424} answered{G3756} him, Thou wouldest have{G2192} no{G3762} power{G1849} against{G2596} me,{G1700} except{G1487} it{G3361} were{G2258} given{G1325} thee{G4671} from above:{G509} therefore{G1223} he that{G5124} delivered{G3860} me{G3165} unto thee{G4671} hath{G2192} greater{G3173} sin.{G266}
  • Eph 5:21 : 21 subjecting{G5293} yourselves one to another{G240} in{G1722} the fear{G5401} of Christ.{G2316}
  • Matt 6:13 : 13 And{G2532} bring us{G2248} not{G3361} into{G1519} temptation,{G3986} but{G235} deliver{G4506} us{G2248} from{G575} the evil{G4190} [one].
  • 2 Pet 2:10-11 : 10 but{G1161} chiefly{G3122} them that walk{G4198} after{G3694} the flesh{G4561} in{G1722} the lust{G1939} of defilement,{G3394} and{G2532} despise{G2706} dominion.{G2963} Daring,{G5113} self-willed,{G829} they {G0} tremble{G5141} not{G3756} to rail{G987} at dignities:{G1391} 11 whereas{G3699} angels,{G32} though{G5607} greater{G3173} in might{G1411} and{G2532} power,{G2479} bring{G5342} not{G3756} a railing{G989} judgment{G2920} against{G2596} them{G846} before{G3844} the Lord.{G2962}
  • Jude 1:8 : 8 Yet in like{G3668} manner these{G3778} also{G2532} in their dreamings{G1797} defile{G3392} the flesh,{G4561} and{G1161} set at nought dominion,{G2963} and{G1161} rail{G987} at dignities.{G1161}
  • Prov 8:15-16 : 15 By me kings{H4428} reign,{H4427} And princes{H7336} decree{H2710} justice.{H6664} 16 By me princes{H8269} rule,{H8323} And nobles,{H5081} [even] all the judges{H8199} of the earth.{H776}
  • Dan 2:21 : 21 And he changeth{H8133} the times{H5732} and the seasons;{H2166} he removeth{H5709} kings,{H4430} and setteth up{H6966} kings;{H4430} he giveth{H3052} wisdom{H2452} unto the wise,{H2445} and knowledge{H4486} to them that have{H3046} understanding;{H999}
  • Dan 4:32 : 32 and thou shalt be driven{H2957} from{H4481} men;{H606} and thy dwelling{H4070} shall be with{H5974} the beasts{H2423} of the field;{H1251} thou shalt be made to eat{H2939} grass{H6211} as oxen;{H8450} and seven{H7655} times{H5732} shall pass{H2499} over{H5922} thee; until{H5705} thou know{H3046} that the Most High{H5943} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men,{H606} and giveth{H5415} it to whomsoever{H4479} he will.{H6634}
  • Dan 5:18-23 : 18 O thou{H607} king,{H4430} the Most High{H5943} God{H426} gave{H3052} Nebuchadnezzar{H5020} thy father{H2} the kingdom,{H4437} and greatness,{H7238} and glory,{H3367} and majesty:{H1923} 19 and because{H4481} of the greatness{H7238} that he gave{H3052} him, all{H3606} the peoples,{H5972} nations,{H524} and languages{H3961} trembled{H1934} and feared{H1763} before{H4481} him:{H6925} whom he would{H1934} he slew,{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he kept alive;{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he raised up,{H1934} and whom he would{H1934} he put down.{H1934} 20 But when his heart{H3825} was lifted up,{H7313} and his spirit{H7308} was hardened{H8631} so that he dealt proudly,{H2103} he was deposed{H5182} from{H4481} his kingly{H4437} throne,{H3764} and they took{H5709} his glory{H3367} from him:{H4481} 21 and he was driven{H2957} from{H4481} the sons{H1123} of men,{H606} and his heart{H3825} was made{H7739} like{H5974} the beasts',{H2423} and his dwelling{H4070} was with the wild asses;{H6167} he was fed{H2939} with grass{H6211} like oxen,{H8450} and his body{H1655} was wet{H6647} with the dew{H2920} of heaven;{H8065} until{H5705} he knew{H3046} that the Most High{H5943} God{H426} ruleth{H7990} in the kingdom{H4437} of men,{H606} and that he setteth{H6966} up over{H5922} it whomsoever{H4479} he will.{H6634} 22 And thou{H607} his son,{H1247} O Belshazzar,{H1113} hast not{H3809} humbled{H8214} thy heart,{H3825} though{H6903} thou knewest{H3046} all{H3606} this,{H1836} 23 but hast lifted up{H7313} thyself against{H5922} the Lord{H4756} of heaven;{H8065} and they have brought{H858} the vessels{H3984} of his house{H1005} before{H6925} thee, and thou{H607} and thy lords,{H7261} thy wives{H7695} and thy concubines,{H3904} have drunk{H8355} wine{H2562} from them; and thou hast praised{H7624} the gods{H426} of silver{H3702} and gold,{H1722} of brass,{H5174} iron,{H6523} wood,{H636} and stone,{H69} which see{H2370} not,{H3809} nor{H3809} hear,{H8086} nor{H3809} know;{H3046} and the God{H426} in whose hand{H3028} thy breath{H5396} is, and whose are all{H3606} thy ways,{H735} hast thou not{H3809} glorified.{H1922}
  • Jer 27:5-8 : 5 I have made{H6213} the earth,{H776} the men{H120} and the beasts{H929} that are upon{H6440} the face of the earth,{H776} by my great{H1419} power{H3581} and by my outstretched{H5186} arm;{H2220} and I give{H5414} it unto whom it seemeth{H5869} right{H3474} unto me. 6 And now have I given{H5414} all these lands{H776} into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} my servant;{H5650} and the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} also have I given{H5414} him to serve{H5647} him. 7 And all the nations{H1471} shall serve{H5647} him, and his son,{H1121} and his son's{H1121} son,{H1121} until the time{H6256} of his own land{H776} come:{H935} and then many{H7227} nations{H1471} and great{H1419} kings{H4428} shall make him their bondman.{H5647} 8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation{H1471} and the kingdom{H4467} which will not serve{H5647} the same Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and that will not put{H5414} their neck{H6677} under the yoke{H5923} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} that nation{H1471} will I punish,{H6485} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} with the sword,{H2719} and with the famine,{H7458} and with the pestilence,{H1698} until I have consumed{H8552} them by his hand.{H3027}
  • 1 Chr 28:4-5 : 4 Howbeit Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} chose{H977} me out of all the house{H1004} of my father{H1} to be king{H4428} over Israel{H3478} for ever:{H5769} for he hath chosen{H977} Judah{H3063} to be prince;{H5057} and in the house{H1004} of Judah,{H3063} the house{H1004} of my father;{H1} and among the sons{H1121} of my father{H1} he took pleasure{H7521} in me to make me king{H4427} over all Israel;{H3478} 5 And of all my sons{H1121} (for Jehovah{H3068} hath given{H5414} me many{H7227} sons),{H1121} he hath chosen{H977} Solomon{H8010} my son{H1121} to sit{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of the kingdom{H4438} of Jehovah{H3068} over Israel.{H3478}
  • Ps 62:11 : 11 God{H430} hath spoken{H1696} once,{H259} Twice{H8147} have I heard{H8085} this,{H2098} That power{H5797} belongeth unto God.{H430}
  • Rev 1:5 : 5 and{G2532} from{G575} Jesus{G2424} Christ,{G5547} [who is] the faithful{G4103} witness,{G3144} the firstborn{G4416} of{G1537} the dead,{G3498} and{G2532} the ruler{G758} of the kings{G935} of the earth.{G1093} Unto him that loveth{G25} us,{G2248} and{G2532} loosed{G3068} us{G2248} from{G575} our{G2257} sins{G266} by{G1722} his{G846} blood;{G129}
  • Rev 17:14 : 14 These{G3778} shall war{G4170} against{G3326} the Lamb,{G721} and{G2532} the Lamb{G721} shall overcome{G3528} them,{G846} for{G3754} he is{G2076} Lord{G2962} of lords,{G2962} and{G2532} King{G935} of kings;{G935} and{G2532} they [also shall overcome] that are{G3588} with{G3326} him,{G846} called{G2822} and{G2532} chosen{G1588} and{G2532} faithful.{G4103}
  • Rev 19:16 : 16 And{G2532} he hath{G2192} on{G1909} his garment{G2440} and{G2532} on{G1909} his{G846} thigh{G3382} a name written,{G1125} KINGS{G935} OF KINGS,{G935} AND{G2532} LORD{G2962} OF LORDS.{G2962}
  • Deut 17:12 : 12 And the man{H376} that doeth{H6213} presumptuously,{H2087} in not hearkening{H8085} unto the priest{H3548} that standeth{H5975} to minister{H8334} there before Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} or unto the judge,{H8199} even that man{H376} shall die:{H4191} and thou shalt put away{H1197} the evil{H7451} from Israel.{H3478}
  • 1 Sam 2:8 : 8 He raiseth up{H6965} the poor{H1800} out of the dust,{H6083} He lifteth up{H7311} the needy{H34} from the dunghill,{H830} To make them sit{H3427} with princes,{H5081} And inherit{H5157} the throne{H3678} of glory:{H3519} For the pillars{H4690} of the earth{H776} are Jehovah's,{H3068} And he hath set{H7896} the world{H8398} upon them.