Bible Verses about 'Authority'

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• A husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights, and likewise a wife should fulfill her conjugal obligations to her husband. For a wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, a husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
  1 Corinthians 7:3-4marriagebodysexuality
• Let everyone submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which derives from God, and whatever authorities exist have been instituted by God.
  Romans 13:1trustGodobedience
• Authority will be granted to the diligent,
  but the lazy will be enslaved.
  Proverbs 12:24rewardworkslavery
• For it is in him that the entire fullness of deity dwells in bodily form, and you share this fullness in him who is the head of every ruler and power.
  Colossians 2:9-10Jesusstrengthequipment
• Pay to each person what is rightfully his—taxes to the one to whom taxes are due, tolls to the one to whom tolls are due, respect to the one to whom respect is due, honor to the one to whom honor is due.
  Romans 13:7honestymoneyawe
• For a child has been born to us,
  a son has been given to us.
  Upon his shoulders dominion rests,
  and this is the name he has been given:
  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
  Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
  Isaiah 9:5MessiahJesusFather
• Brethren, I exhort you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to be in full agreement with one another and not permit any divisions to arise among you. Be perfectly united in mind and purpose.
  1 Corinthians 1:10communityfamilytransformation
• Through the grace that God has bestowed upon me, I advise every one of you not to think of yourself too highly, but to regard yourself objectively, based on the measure of faith that God has granted.
  Romans 12:3gracefaithmind
• You might say to yourself, “How can we know that the Lord did not speak the message?” If what the prophet proclaims in the name of the Lord is not true and it does not happen, then the message was not proclaimed by the Lord. The prophet has spoken presumptuously, you should not fear him.
  Deuteronomy 18:21-22prophecytruthspeaking