Quotes about Authority
I saw that all who lived and walked under the sun followed this second one, the youth who succeeded the king.
— Ecclesiastes 4:15
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
— Ecclesiastes 5:8
The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
— Ecclesiastes 5:9
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.
— Ecclesiastes 7:19
Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
— Ecclesiastes 8:2
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
— Ecclesiastes 8:3
For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
— Ecclesiastes 8:4
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
— Ecclesiastes 8:8
All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
— Ecclesiastes 8:9
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
— Ecclesiastes 9:17
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
— Ecclesiastes 10:5
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
— Ecclesiastes 10:20