100+ Bible Quotes About Government – Timeless Wisdom for Leaders and Citizens

Romans 13:1 – Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.

Romans 13:2 – Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

Proverbs 8:15 – By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just.

Daniel 2:21 – He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

John 19:11 – Jesus answered him, “You would have no authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above.”

Psalm 62:11 – Power belongs to God.

1 Timothy 2:1 – First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people.

1 Timothy 2:2 – For kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Jeremiah 27:5 – I made the earth with my hands, and I created the people upon it. With my right hand I stretched out the heavens; I command all their host.

Isaiah 40:23 – He brings princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

Job 12:19 – He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the mighty.

Habakkuk 1:11 – Then they sweep by like the wind and go on, guilty men, whose own strength is their god!

1 Peter 2:13 – Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme.

1 Peter 2:14 – Or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good.

Titus 3:1 – Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities.

Titus 3:2 – To be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

Matthew 22:21 – Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.

Luke 20:25 – And he said to them, “Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

Acts 5:29 – But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.”

Romans 13:5 – Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience.

Ephesians 6:5 – Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ.

Colossians 3:22 – Slaves, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord.

Hebrews 13:17 – Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account.

1 Peter 2:17 – Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.

Deuteronomy 16:20 – Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Micah 6:8 – He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Isaiah 1:17 – Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Psalm 82:3 – Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

Proverbs 31:9 – Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Zechariah 7:9 – Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another.

Psalm 99:4 – The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Proverbs 21:3 – To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Isaiah 56:1 – Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my righteousness be revealed.”

Amos 5:24 – But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Psalm 106:3 – Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

Leviticus 19:15 – You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Proverbs 29:2 – When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Proverbs 16:12 – It is an abomination to kings to do evil, since the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:28 – Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

Proverbs 28:2 – When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability lasts.

1 Kings 3:9 – Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil.

Proverbs 29:4 – By justice a king builds up the land, but he who exacts gifts tears it down.

Proverbs 29:12 – If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

Proverbs 25:5 – Take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Psalm 72:1 – Give the king your justice, O God, and your righteousness to the royal son.

Isaiah 32:1 – Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.

Proverbs 31:4 – It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink.

Ecclesiastes 10:16 – Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes feast in the morning!

1 Timothy 2:1 – First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people.

1 Timothy 2:2 – For kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

Jeremiah 29:7 – But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.

Psalm 21:1 – O Lord, in your strength the king rejoices, and in your salvation how greatly he exults!

Psalm 72:15 – Long may he live; may gold of Sheba be given to him! May prayer be made for him continually, and blessings invoked for him all the day!

Psalm 2:10 – Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

Psalm 20:9 – O Lord, save the king! May he answer us when we call.

Daniel 2:18 – That Daniel might seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Nehemiah 1:11 – O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name.

James 5:16 – Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Philippians 4:6 – Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.

Colossians 4:2 – Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

Proverbs 28:15 – Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 14:4 – You will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!”

Ezekiel 34:4 – The weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the injured you have not bound up, the strayed you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought, and with force and harshness you have ruled them.

Isaiah 59:13 – Transgression and sin, and lying words about the Lord, and turning back from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart false words.

Psalm 12:5 – Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.”

Proverbs 22:22 – Do not rob the poor, because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate.

Isaiah 10:1 – Woe to those who decree unjust decrees, and the writers who write oppression.

Amos 4:1 – Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy.

Micah 3:1 – And I said: “Listen, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?

Micah 3:2 – You who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from their bones.

Exodus 22:21 – You shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

James 5:6 – You have condemned and murdered the righteous person. He does not resist you.

Psalm 9:16 – The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.

Psalm 96:13 – For he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.

Joel 3:12 – Let the nations stir themselves up and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. For there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations.

Obadiah 1:15 – For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.

Revelation 19:11 – Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

Revelation 19:2 – For his judgments are true and just; for he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and has avenged on her the blood of his servants.

Isaiah 2:4 – He shall judge between the nations, and shall decide disputes for many peoples.

Daniel 7:26 – But the court shall sit in judgment, and his dominion shall be taken away, to be consumed and destroyed to the end.

Malachi 3:5 – Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker...

Genesis 18:25 – Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?

Acts 17:31 – Because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

Psalm 50:6 – The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge!

Romans 13:4 – For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

Proverbs 29:18 – Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.

Psalm 119:151 – You are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are true.

Proverbs 28:5 – Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

Deuteronomy 17:11 – According to the instructions that they give you, and according to the decision which they pronounce to you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the verdict that they declare to you, either to the right hand or to the left.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 – Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.

Psalm 19:7 – The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Psalm 119:98 – Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.

Proverbs 29:6 – An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

Isaiah 28:17 – I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.

Leviticus 19:36 – You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 16:18 – You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Isaiah 9:6 – For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Psalm 72:7 – In his days may the righteous flourish, and peace abound, till the moon be no more.

Isaiah 32:17 – And the effect of righteousness will be peace, and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.

Psalm 122:6 – Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! “May they be secure who love you!”

Luke 2:14 – Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!

Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.

Romans 12:18 – If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

Hebrews 12:14 – Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

Isaiah 52:7 – How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness, who publishes salvation!

Psalm 127:1 – Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.

Proverbs 16:7 – When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Isaiah 26:3 – You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.

Ezekiel 34:10 – Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require my sheep at their hand and put a stop to their feeding the sheep.

James 3:1 – Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Hebrews 13:17 – Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account.

Galatians 6:7 – Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Luke 12:48 – But the one who did not know, and did what deserved a beating, will receive a light beating. Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required.

Proverbs 29:14 – If a king faithfully judges the poor, his throne will be established forever.

1 Samuel 2:10 – The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

Psalm 75:7 – But it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.

Daniel 5:23 – But you have lifted yourself against the Lord of heaven... and you have not honored the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways.

Revelation 20:12 – And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.

Romans 14:12 – So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

2 Corinthians 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.