Cross references
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.
Romans 13:3 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 8 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Ecclesiastes 10:4–6 (9 votes) and Proverbs 14:35 (8 votes). 38 other verses point back to it. It links with 27 other books, from Exodus 22 to 2 Peter 2.
Which verses does Romans 13:3 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Ecclesiastes 10:4–69 votes
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: …
- Proverbs 14:358 votes
A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
- Proverbs 20:28 votes
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
- 1 Peter 2:13–148 votes
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority, or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
- Deuteronomy 25:17 votes
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
- Jeremiah 22:15–186 votes
Does it make you a king to excel in cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him. He took up the cause of the poor and needy, and so it went well with him. Is this not what it means to know Me?” declares the LORD. …
- 1 Peter 3:13–146 votes
Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
- Romans 13:45 votes
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
Which verses point to Romans 13:3?
The 10 strongest of 38.