Quotes about Authority
The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
— Ecclesiastes 12:11
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
— Isaiah 1:12
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
— Isaiah 1:20
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
— Isaiah 2:15
the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
— Isaiah 3:3
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
— Isaiah 3:4
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
— Isaiah 3:6
On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”
— Isaiah 3:7
Youths oppress My people, and women rule over them. O My people, your guides mislead you; they turn you from your paths.
— Isaiah 3:12
The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.
— Isaiah 3:13
On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
— Isaiah 7:20
To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
— Isaiah 8:20