Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
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Cross references
- Ecclesiastes 10:4–6 If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest. There is an evil I have seen under the sun — an error that proceeds from the ruler: Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
- Proverbs 14:35 A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
- Proverbs 20:2 The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.