Respecting Authority Bible Verses

1 TIMOTHY 2:1-2

1 Timothy 2:1: I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all men;
1 Timothy 2:2: For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
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TITUS 2:9-10

Titus 2:9: [Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters, [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering again;
Titus 2:10: Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
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MATTHEW 23:2-3

Matthew 23:2: Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
Matthew 23:3: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that] observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
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1 TIMOTHY 6:1-2

1 Timothy 6:1: Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his] doctrine be not blasphemed.
1 Timothy 6:2: And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
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1 CORINTHIANS 14:40

Let all things be done decently and in order. ...

2 THESSALONIANS 3:10-12

2 Thessalonians 3:10: For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
2 Thessalonians 3:11: For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
2 Thessalonians 3:12: Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
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DANIEL 3:16-18

Daniel 3:16: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we [are] not careful to answer thee in this matter.
Daniel 3:17: If it be [so], our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver [us] out of thine hand, O king.
Daniel 3:18: But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
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DANIEL 6:10

# Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. ...

GENESIS 41:46

# And Joseph [was] thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. ...

EXODUS 18:21-23

Exodus 18:21: Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place [such] over them, [to be] rulers of thousands, [and] rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
Exodus 18:22: And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, [that] every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee.
Exodus 18:23: If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee [so], then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
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1 SAMUEL 8:6-7

1 Samuel 8:6: # But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
1 Samuel 8:7: And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
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1 SAMUEL 12:14-15

1 Samuel 12:14: If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God:
1 Samuel 12:15: But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as [it was] against your fathers.
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