Quotes about Authority
He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently.
- Proverbs 13:24
A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
- Proverbs 14:28
A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
- Proverbs 14:35
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
- Proverbs 16:12
When a king’s face brightens, there is life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring.
- Proverbs 16:15
A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
- Proverbs 17:2
Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
- Proverbs 19:10
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
- Proverbs 19:12
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
- Proverbs 20:2
A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
- Proverbs 20:8
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
- Proverbs 20:26
The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.
- Proverbs 21:1