Bible Verses about 'Authority'

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• The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise the wife also to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the husband also does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
  1 Corinthians 7:3-4marriagebodysexuality
• Every person is to be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God.
  Romans 13:1trustGodobedience
• For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over every ruler and authority.
  Colossians 2:9-10Jesusstrengthequipment
• The hand of the diligent will rule,
  But the lazy hand will be put to forced labor.
  Proverbs 12:24rewardworkslavery
• Pay to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.
  Romans 13:7honestymoneyawe
• For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us;
  And the government will rest on His shoulders;
  And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
  Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
  Isaiah 9:6MessiahJesusFather
• Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment.
  1 Corinthians 1:10communityfamilytransformation
• For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith.
  Romans 12:3gracefaithmind
• And if you say in your heart, ‘How will we recognize the word which the Lord has not spoken?’ When the prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, and the thing does not happen or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you are not to be afraid of him.
  Deuteronomy 18:21-22prophecytruthspeaking