Quotes About Power

If You kill this people as one man, the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

So now I pray, may the power of my Lord be magnified, just as You have declared:

So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.

Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,

So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”

ëBehold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.í”

Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.

for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!í”

Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.

Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”

I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.

God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.

He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

This very day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon all the nations under heaven. They will hear the reports of you and tremble in anguish because of you.”

“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same to all the peoples you now fear.

Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.

But the LORD your God will give them over to you and throw them into great confusion, until they are destroyed.