Quotes about Power
If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
— Judges 9:29
And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
— Judges 9:47
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
— Judges 9:53
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
— Judges 9:54
Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
— Judges 11:24
and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
— Judges 14:6
Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”
— Judges 15:3
And he struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter, and then went down and stayed in the cave at the rock of Etam.
— Judges 15:8
When Samson arrived in Lehi, the Philistines came out shouting against him. And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him. The ropes on his arms became like burnt flax, and the bonds broke loose from his hands.
— Judges 15:14
He found the fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached out his hand and took it, and struck down a thousand men.
— Judges 15:15
Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”
— Judges 15:16
And when Samson had finished speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi.
— Judges 15:17