Quotes about Power
Finally all the trees said to the thornbush, ‘Come and reign over us.’
- Judges 9:14
But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
- Judges 9:15
but you have risen up against my father’s house this day and killed his seventy sons on a single stone, and you have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the leaders of Shechem because he is your brother—
- Judges 9:18
After Abimelech had reigned over Israel for three years,
- Judges 9:22
Meanwhile, Gaal son of Ebed came with his brothers and crossed into Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem put their confidence in him.
- Judges 9:26
If only this people were under my authority, I would remove Abimelech; I would say to him, ‘Muster your army and come out!’”
- Judges 9:29
And when Abimelech was told that all the leaders in the tower of Shechem were gathered there,
- Judges 9:47
But a woman dropped an upper millstone on Abimelech’s head, crushing his skull.
- Judges 9:53
He quickly called his armor-bearer, saying, “Draw your sword and kill me, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So Abimelech’s armor-bearer ran his sword through him, and he died.
- Judges 9:54
Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
- Judges 11:24
and the Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him, and he tore the lion apart with his bare hands as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done.
- Judges 14:6
Samson said to them, “This time I will be blameless in doing harm to the Philistines.”
- Judges 15:3