Quotes about Power

I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.

You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.

I ground them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and trampled them like mud in the streets.

Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.

Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.

At that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.

So Adonijah conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, who supported him.

“My lord the king,” said Nathan, “did you say, ‘Adonijah will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne’?

For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

Then King David said, “Call in Bathsheba for me.” So she came into the king’s presence and stood before him.

Moreover, Solomon has taken his seat on the royal throne.

But Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.