Quotes about Authority
As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
— Ecclesiastes 8:8
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