Quotes about Authority
Then all the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo gathered beside the oak at the pillar in Shechem and proceeded to make Abimelech their king.
— Judges 9:6
One day the trees set out to anoint a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’
— Judges 9:8
But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
— Judges 9:9
Then the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and reign over us.’
— Judges 9:10
But the fig tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my sweetness and my good fruit, to hold sway over the trees?’
— Judges 9:11
Then the trees said to the grapevine, ‘Come and reign over us.’
— Judges 9:12
Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
— Judges 9:14
But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
— Judges 9:15
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
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
— Judges 10:18
“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
— Judges 11:6