Quotes about Authority
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
— Nahum 2:13
They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.
— Habakkuk 1:7
You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
— Habakkuk 1:14
“On the Day of the LORD’s sacrifice I will punish the princes, the sons of the king, and all who are dressed in foreign apparel.
— Zephaniah 1:8
“Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah that I am about to shake the heavens and the earth:
— Haggai 2:21
Then the angel of the LORD gave this charge to Joshua:
— Zechariah 3:6
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
— Malachi 1:6
“And now this decree is for you, O priests:
— Malachi 2:1
When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.
— Matthew 2:3
And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
— Matthew 3:9
Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
— Matthew 4:8
“All this I will give You,” he said, “if You will fall down and worship me.”
— Matthew 4:9