Quotes about Power

At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other officials of the provinces to attend the dedication of the statue he had set up.

If the God whom we serve exists, then He is able to deliver us from the blazing fiery furnace and from your hand, O king.

and when the satraps, prefects, governors, and royal advisers had gathered around, they saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men. Not a hair of their heads was singed, their robes were unaffected, and there was no smell of fire on them.

How great are His signs, how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; His dominion endures from generation to generation.

I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace.

He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it, and the birds from its branches.

Let his mind be changed from that of a man, and let him be given the mind of a beast till seven times pass him by.

The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,

you, O king, are that tree! For you have become great and strong; your greatness has grown to reach the sky, and your dominion extends to the ends of the earth.

All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.

Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,