Quotes About Authority

Judah, your brothers shall praise you. Your hand shall be on the necks of your enemies; your fatherís sons shall bow down to you.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

So the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, “Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?”

But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ëI AM has sent me to you.í”

But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.

And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

He will speak to the people for you. He will be your spokesman, and it will be as if you were God to him.

and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!í”

But Pharaoh replied, “Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and I will not let Israel go.”

But the king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labor!”

That same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their foremen:

Then the Israelite foremen, whom Pharaohís taskmasters had set over the people, were beaten and asked, “Why have you not fulfilled your quota of bricks yesterday or today, as you did before?”

So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?

God also told Moses, “I am the LORD.

He said to him, “I am the LORD; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt everything I say to you.”

The LORD answered Moses, “See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet.

The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaronís staff swallowed up the other staffs.

Still, Pharaohís heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.

Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.