Quotes about Control
Do not hasten to leave his presence, and do not persist in a bad cause, for he will do whatever he pleases.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3
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
So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
- Isaiah 10:8
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
- Isaiah 10:15
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
- Isaiah 14:27
But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
- Isaiah 37:28
He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
- Isaiah 40:23
I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.
- Isaiah 45:7
I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
- Isaiah 47:6
Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
- Jeremiah 5:22
I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
- Jeremiah 10:23