Quotes about Control
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
— Proverbs 18:21
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
— Proverbs 21:1
The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.
— Proverbs 22:7
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.
— Proverbs 25:28
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
— Proverbs 26:3
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
— Proverbs 27:16
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
— Ecclesiastes 7:9
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
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
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
— Ecclesiastes 9:1
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
— Isaiah 10:8
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
— Isaiah 10:15