Bible Verses About Rulers

for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to judgment-seats;

and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

Be subject, then, to every human creation, because of the Lord, whether to a king, as the highest,

whether to governors, as to those sent through him, for punishment, indeed, of evil-doers, and a praise of those doing good;