Top 30 Bible Verses about Submission

Submitting to one another in the fear of God.

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Obey those who rule over you, and be submissive, for they watch out for your souls, as those who must give account. Let them do so with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.

Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Jesus answered and said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s. And they marveled at Him.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.

Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant.

When pride comes, then comes shame; but with the humble is wisdom.

And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.

Bondservants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh, not with eye service, as men-pleasers, but in sincerity of heart, fearing God.

That you also submit to such, and to everyone who works and labors with us.

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.

Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake, whether to the king as supreme,

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work.

Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus,

For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.

And we urge you, brethren, to recognize those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.

Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live?

But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: We ought to obey God rather than men.

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves.

One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield.