Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Tit 3:11Pe 2:13-17Dan 2:21Jhn 19:11Pro 8:15-16Jer 27:5-8Jud 1:8Dan 5:18-23 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 1Pe 2:13Tit 3:1Jas 3:1Rom 13:5Luk 20:47Mrk 12:40Mat 23:13Jer 23:8-17 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: Ecc 10:4-61Pe 2:13-14Pro 14:35Pro 20:2Deu 25:11Pe 3:13-14Jer 22:15-18Rom 13:4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Rom 12:192Ch 19:6Pro 24:23-24Pro 16:14Pro 20:21Th 4:6Isa 1:17Psa 82:2-4 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. 1Pe 2:19Act 24:16Ecc 8:21Pe 2:13-151Sa 24:5-6Tit 3:1-21Pe 3:16Heb 13:18 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. Mat 22:17-21Luk 20:21-26Luk 23:2Mat 17:24-27Mrk 12:14-171Ch 18:142Sa 8:5Deu 1:9-17 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. Luk 20:251Pe 2:17-18Mat 17:25Pro 24:211Ti 5:17Mat 22:21Eph 6:51Pe 3:7 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. Rom 13:10Mat 22:39-40Gal 5:14Mat 7:12Pro 3:27-28Jhn 13:34Rom 13:7Jas 2:8 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Exo 20:12-17Mat 22:39Mrk 12:31Luk 10:27Deu 5:16-21Lev 19:18Mat 19:18-19Rom 7:7-8 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Rom 13:8Mat 22:39-401Co 13:4-7 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 1Th 5:5-81Pe 4:7Eph 5:141Co 15:34Mat 24:42-44Mrk 13:35-371Th 5:1-32Pe 3:13-15 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Ezk 18:31-32Eph 5:112Co 6:7Col 3:8-17Eph 6:11-18Jas 1:21Eph 4:22Rom 13:14 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. Gal 5:21Eph 5:181Th 4:3-51Pe 4:3-51Th 4:12Eph 5:151Jn 2:6Luk 21:34 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. Eph 4:24Gal 5:16-17Gal 3:271Pe 2:11Gal 5:24Col 3:10-12Rom 8:12-131Jn 2:15-17