Quotes about Authority
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
And the rulers of Gilead said to one another, “Whoever will launch the attack against the Ammonites will be the head of all who live in Gilead.”
- Judges 10:18
“Come,” they said, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites.”
- Judges 11:6
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
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
- Judges 12:8
And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
- Judges 15:20
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Judges 17:6
“Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”
- Judges 18:19
In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Judges 21:25
Then Boaz took ten of the elders of the city and said, “Sit here,” and they did so.
- Ruth 4:2
And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
- 1 Samuel 2:16