Bible Verses about “laws of man”

“for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn't bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.”

“Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God.”

“Give therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.”

“Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.”

“Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.”

“For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.”

“For rulers are not a terror to the good work, but to the evil. Do you desire to have no fear of the authority? Do that which is good, and you will have praise from the same,”

“Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.”

“Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy.”

“For the commandments, "You shall not commit adultery," "You shall not murder," "You shall not steal," "You shall not give false testimony," "You shall not covet," and whatever other commandments there are, are all summed up in this saying, namely, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."”

“Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.”

“But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.”

“Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.”

“as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.”

“The night is far gone, and the day is near. Let's therefore throw off the works of darkness, and let's put on the armor of light.”

“Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.”

“But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.”

“Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;”

“For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:”

“or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do well.”

“but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation,”

“Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.”

“For there is no partiality with God.”

“to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;”

“Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,”

“who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"”

“Everyone who sins also commits lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness.”

“Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?”

“We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.”

“in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)”

“(for when Gentiles who don't have the law do by nature the things of the law, these, not having the law, are a law to themselves,”

“Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?”

“But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;”

“in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.”

“For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh;”

“oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

“But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”

“For it isn't the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified”

“but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.”

“For "the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you," just as it is written.”

“You therefore who teach another, don't you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn't steal, do you steal?”

“You who say a man shouldn't commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?”

“You who glory in the law, through your disobedience of the law do you dishonor God?”

“For circumcision indeed profits, if you are a doer of the law, but if you are a transgressor of the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision.”

“If therefore the uncircumcised keep the ordinances of the law, won't his uncircumcision be accounted as circumcision?”

“Won't the uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfills the law, judge you, who with the letter and circumcision are a transgressor of the law?”

“For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without the law. As many as have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.”

“Indeed you bear the name of a Jew, and rest on the law, and glory in God,”

“and know his will, and approve the things that are excellent, being instructed out of the law,”

“and are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light to those who are in darkness,”