Quotes about Authority
All this I have seen, applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun; there is a time when one man lords it over another to his own detriment.
- Ecclesiastes 8:9
The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
- Ecclesiastes 9:17
There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:
- Ecclesiastes 10:5
Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich even in your bedroom, for a bird of the air may carry your words, and a winged creature may report your speech.
- Ecclesiastes 10:20
The words of the wise are like goads, and the anthologies of the masters are like firmly embedded nails driven by a single Shepherd.
- Ecclesiastes 12:11
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts?
- Isaiah 1:12
But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Isaiah 1:20
against every high tower, against every fortified wall,
- Isaiah 2:15
the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter.
- Isaiah 3:3
“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”
- Isaiah 3:4
A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
- Isaiah 3:6
On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”
- Isaiah 3:7