When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Acts 5:29Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Romans 13:1Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
1 Timothy 2:1I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
Titus 3:1Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,