Bible Verses about โkeeping orderโ
The Bible contains 27 verses about keeping order across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โfor 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.โ
โLet 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.โ
โGive therefore to everyone what you owe: taxes to whom taxes are due; customs to whom customs; respect to whom respect; honor to whom honor.โ
โOwe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.โ
โTherefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment.โ
โFor this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God's service, attending continually on this very thing.โ
โdoing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;โ
โFor 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,โ
โTherefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake.โ
โThe overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;โ
โLet 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.โ
โFor 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."โ
โLove doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.โ
โBut put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, for its lusts.โ
โObey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.โ
โLet all things be done decently and in order.โ
โDo 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.โ
โThe 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.โ
โ(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)โ
โI exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks, be made for all men:โ
โBut if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest your coming together be for judgment. The rest I will set in order whenever I come.โ
โfor kings and all who are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and reverence.โ
โfor God is not a God of confusion, but of peace. As in all the assemblies of the saints,โ
โbut if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.โ
โThese things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;โ
โI left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;โ
โFor though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.โ
