Quotes about Authority
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
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