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 authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
  Romans 13:1trustGodobedience
• For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority.
  Colossians 2:9-10Jesusstrengthequipment
• For a child has been born for us,
  a son given to us;
  authority rests upon his shoulders;
  and he is named
  Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
  Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  Isaiah 9:6MessiahJesusFather
• The hand of the diligent will rule,
  while the lazy will be put to forced labor.
  Proverbs 12:24rewardworkslavery
• Pay to all what is due them—taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due.
  Romans 13:7honestymoneyawe
• Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same purpose.
  1 Corinthians 1:10communityfamilytransformation
• For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
  Romans 12:3gracefaithmind
• You may say to yourself, “How can we recognize a word that the Lord has not spoken?” If a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it.
  Deuteronomy 18:21-22prophecytruthspeaking