Bible Verses about 'Authority'

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• The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise the wife to her husband. For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
  1 Corinthians 7:3-4marriagebodysexuality
• 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 13:1trustGodobedience
• For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
  Colossians 2:9-10Jesusstrengthequipment
• The hand of the diligent will rule,
  while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
  Proverbs 12:24rewardworkslavery
• Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed.
  Romans 13:7honestymoneyawe
• For to us a child is born,
  to us a son is given;
  and the government shall be upon his shoulder,
  and his name shall be called
  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
  Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  Isaiah 9:6MessiahJesusFather
• I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.
  1 Corinthians 1:10communityfamilytransformation
• For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
  Romans 12:3gracefaithmind
• And if you say in your heart, ‘How may we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or come true, that is a word that the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You need not be afraid of him.
  Deuteronomy 18:21-22prophecytruthspeaking