Quotes about Authority
therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD!’
— Ezekiel 34:9
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
— Ezekiel 34:20
You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan.
— Ezekiel 39:18
but he said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has assigned your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking thinner than those of the other young men your age? You would endanger my head before the king!”
— Daniel 1:10
Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,
— Daniel 1:11
In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his entire kingdom.
— Daniel 1:20
The king replied to the astrologers, “My word is final: If you do not tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut into pieces and your houses will be reduced to rubble.
— Daniel 2:5
The king replied, “I know for sure that you are stalling for time, because you see that my word is final.
— Daniel 2:8
So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.
— Daniel 2:13
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
— Daniel 2:21
You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
— Daniel 2:37
Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.
— Daniel 2:38