Quotes About Authority

The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion to rule over the mountains of Esau. And the kingdom will belong to the LORD.

I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”

Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.

They scoff at kings and make rulers an object of scorn. They laugh at every fortress and build up siege ramps to seize it.

You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.

You trampled the sea with Your horses, churning the great waters.

“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ëAsk the priests for a ruling.

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.í

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.

And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ëYou shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.í When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.

Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.

On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.

“And now this decree is for you, O priests:

When King Herod heard this, he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ëWorship the Lord your God and serve Him only.í”

When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,

For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

So then, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do likewise will be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever practices and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.