Bible Verses about “lordship”
The Bible contains 50 verses about lordship across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?”
“For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.”
“‹But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.›”
“And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;”
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”
“Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.”
“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”
“Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against them.”
“Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be discouraged.”
“Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.”
“¶ ‹Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.›”
“And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”
“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
“Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also [do] ye.”
“¶ But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”
“Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].”
“And patience, experience; and experience, hope:”
“Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”
“Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.”
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
“‹Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?›”
“‹And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.›”
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
“¶ Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:”
“¶ Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;”
“And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the bond of perfectness.”
“‹He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.›”
“Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring [it] to pass.”
“And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.”
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
“Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;”
“Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.”
“That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under the earth;”
“And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:”
“For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
“And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”
“¶ Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:”
“¶ Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.”
“But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.”
“¶ If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”
“For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.”
“When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.”
“(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.”
“Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.”
“Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:”
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.”
“For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:”
“In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.”
“¶ For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”