Government - There's A Scripture For That (NLT) Version

For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders.

Synonyms for Government: administration, regime, state, authority, executive, ministry, rule, cabinet, council, directorate, governance, jurisdiction, and leadership

Deuteronomy 16:18 (NLT)
“Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly.

1 Kings 10:9 (NLT)
Praise the Lord your God, who delights in you and has placed you on the throne of Israel. Because of the Lord’s eternal love for Israel, he has made you king so you can rule with justice and righteousness.”

Psalms 22:8 (NLT)
“Is this the one who relies on the Lord ? Then let the Lord save him! If the Lord loves him so much, let the Lord rescue him!”

Proverbs 29:4 (NLT)
A just king gives stability to his nation, but one who demands bribes destroys it.

Isaiah 9:6 (NLT)
For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 18:6-10 (NLT)
“O Israel, can I not do to you as this potter has done to his clay? As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand. 7. If I announce that a certain nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed, 8. but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned. 9. And if I announce that I will plant and build up a certain nation or kingdom, 10. but then that nation turns to evil and refuses to obey me, I will not bless it as I said I would.

Daniel 2:21 (NLT)
He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.

Daniel 4:27 (NLT)
“‘King Nebuchadnezzar, please accept my advice. Stop sinning and do what is right. Break from your wicked past and be merciful to the poor. Perhaps then you will continue to prosper.’

Matthew 28:18 (NLT)
Jesus came and told his disciples, “I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth.

John 19:11 (NLT)
Then Jesus said, “You would have no power over me at all unless it were given to you from above. So the one who handed me over to you has the greater sin.”

Romans 13:1 (NLT)
Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God.

Romans 13:6 (NLT)
Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid. They are serving God in what they do.

Titus 3:1 (NLT)
Remind the believers to submit to the government and its officers. They should be obedient, always ready to do what is good.

1 Peter 2:13-14 (NLT)
For the Lord’s sake, submit to all human authority—whether the king as head of state, 14. or the officials he has appointed. For the king has sent them to punish those who do wrong and to honor those who do right.

Revelation 21:23-24 (NLT)
And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light. 24. The nations will walk in its light, and the kings of the world will enter the city in all their glory.