Gen 16:9

(NIV)
Then the angel of the Lord told her, ‘Go back to your mistress and submit to her.’
(ESV)
The angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.”

Gen 41:40

(NIV)
You shall be in charge of my palace, and all my people are to submit to your orders. Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.’

(ESV)
You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command. Only as regards the throne will I be greater than you.”

Gen 49:15

(NIV)
When he sees how good is his resting place
and how pleasant is his land,
he will bend his shoulder to the burden
and submit to forced labour.
(ESV)
He saw that a resting place was good,
and that the land was pleasant,
so he bowed his shoulder to bear,
and became a servant at forced labor.

2Chr 30:8

(NIV)
Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; submit to the Lord. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated for ever. Serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.
(ESV)
Do not now be stiff-necked as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever, and serve the Lord your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

Job 22:21

(NIV)
‘Submit to God and be at peace with him;
in this way prosperity will come to you.
(ESV)
Agree with God, and be at peace;
thereby good will come to you.

Ps 68:31

(NIV)
Envoys will come from Egypt;
Cush will submit herself to God.
(ESV)
Nobles shall come from Egypt;
Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

Ps 81:11

(NIV)
‘But my people would not listen to me;
Israel would not submit to me.
(ESV)
“But my people did not listen to my voice;
Israel would not submit to me.

Prov 3:6

(NIV)
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
(ESV)
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.

Luke 10:17

(NIV)
The seventy-two returned with joy and said, ‘Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.’

(ESV)
The seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”

Luke 10:20

(NIV)
However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.’

(ESV)
Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”

Rom 8:7

(NIV)
The mind governed by the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
(ESV)
For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot.

Rom 10:3

(NIV)
Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
(ESV)
For, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Rom 13:5

(NIV)
Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.

(ESV)
Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience.

1Cor 16:16

(NIV)
to submit to such people and to everyone who joins in the work and labours at it.
(ESV)
be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.

Gal 5:1

(NIV)
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

(ESV)
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

Eph 5:21

(NIV)
Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

(ESV)
submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.

Eph 5:22

(NIV)
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
(ESV)
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

Eph 5:24

(NIV)
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

(ESV)
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit in everything to their husbands.

Col 2:20

(NIV)
Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:
(ESV)
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations

Col 3:18

(NIV)
Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

(ESV)
Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

Heb 12:9

(NIV)
Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
(ESV)
Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

Heb 13:17

(NIV)
Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

(ESV)
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

Jas 4:7

(NIV)
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
(ESV)
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

1Pet 2:13

(NIV)
Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority: whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,
(ESV)
Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,

1Pet 2:18

(NIV)
Slaves, in reverent fear of God submit yourselves to your masters, not only to those who are good and considerate, but also to those who are harsh.
(ESV)
Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust.

1Pet 3:1

(NIV)
Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behaviour of their wives,
(ESV)
Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives,

1Pet 5:5

(NIV)
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility towards one another, because,

‘God opposes the proud
but shows favour to the humble.’
(ESV)
Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, forGod opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

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