Bible Verses about 'Authority'

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• Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does.
  1 Corinthians 7:3-4marriagebodysexuality
• Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
  Romans 13:1trustGodobedience
• For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.
  Colossians 2:9-10Jesusstrengthequipment
• The hand of the diligent will rule,
  But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.
  Proverbs 12:24rewardworkslavery
• Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
  Romans 13:7honestymoneyawe
• For unto us a Child is born,
  Unto us a Son is given;
  And the government will be upon His shoulder.
  And His name will be called
  Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
  Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  Isaiah 9:6MessiahJesusFather
• Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
  1 Corinthians 1:10communityfamilytransformation
• For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
  Romans 12:3gracefaithmind
• And if you say in your heart, ‘How shall we know the word which the Lord has not spoken?’— when a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not happen or come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken; the prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him.
  Deuteronomy 18:21-22prophecytruthspeaking