Bible Verses About Fear of Authority

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

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.

Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:

Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;

The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

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.

Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the Lord; what then should a king do to us?

And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;

And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; but shalt fear thy God.

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.

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:

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?