Respecting Authority Bible Verses

2 SAMUEL 23:3

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God. ...

1 KINGS 2:3

And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: ...

2 KINGS 17:13-14

2 Kings 17:13: Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, [and by] all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments [and] my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets.
2 Kings 17:14: Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
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1 CHRONICLES 28:8-9

1 Chronicles 28:8: Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave [it] for an inheritance for your children after you for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:9: # And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
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2 CHRONICLES 19:6-7

2 Chronicles 19:6: And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who [is] with you in the judgment.
2 Chronicles 19:7: Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do [it]: for [there is] no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
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EZRA 7:25-26

Ezra 7:25: And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that [is] in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that [are] beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know [them] not.
Ezra 7:26: And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether [it be] unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
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NEHEMIAH 2:17-18

Nehemiah 2:17: # Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we [are] in, how Jerusalem [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
Nehemiah 2:18: Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for [this] good [work].
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PSALMS 119:46-48

Psalms 119:46: I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
Psalms 119:47: And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
Psalms 119:48: My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
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PROVERBS 8:15-16

Proverbs 8:15: By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Proverbs 8:16: By me princes rule, and nobles, [even] all the judges of the earth.
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PROVERBS 16:10-11

Proverbs 16:10: A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Proverbs 16:11: A just weight and balance [are] the LORD'S: all the weights of the bag [are] his work.
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PROVERBS 21:1

The king's heart [is] in the hand of the LORD, [as] the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. ...

ECCLESIASTES 8:2-5

Ecclesiastes 8:2: I [counsel thee] to keep the king's commandment, and [that] in regard of the oath of God.
Ecclesiastes 8:3: Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.
Ecclesiastes 8:4: Where the word of a king [is, there is] power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
Ecclesiastes 8:5: Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment.
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