Quotes about Authority
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
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
— Judges 12:8
And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
— Judges 15:20
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
— Judges 17:6
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
— Judges 18:19
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
— Judges 21:25
Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
— Ruth 4:2
And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
— 1 Samuel 2:16
And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
— 1 Samuel 2:36
The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
— 1 Samuel 6:20
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
— 1 Samuel 8:1
“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
— 1 Samuel 8:5