100 Bible Verses About God's Authority
Bible verses about God's Authority
Delving into scripture to understand God's authority is like uncovering a treasure map to spiritual peace. Recognizing His sovereignty isn't about blind obedience, but about aligning our hearts with the source of all wisdom and love. The Bible reveals that God's authority is not a force of control, but a foundation of unwavering truth and grace upon which we can build our lives. By exploring these verses, we gain a deeper appreciation for His divine plan, finding comfort in His steadfastness and strength in His guidance, allowing us to navigate life's challenges with faith and unwavering hope.
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Psalms 47:2 (KJV)
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
God's Authority: Bible Verses Exploring His Sovereign Power
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.
Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.
So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the Lord.
Thus saith the Lord, In this thou shalt know that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood.
The Lord sitteth upon the flood; yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever.
Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.
Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created.
Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,
When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder:
I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass.
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the Lord.
When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth:
He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
These are the commandments and the judgments, which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho.
The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
And God spake all these words, saying,
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
And Moses went up unto God, and the Lord called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel;
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.
And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.
Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.
Then spake Joshua to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,
And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you.
And the Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the Lord spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly.
For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff.
And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying,
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words.
The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord.
For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine.
Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.
Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled.
Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.
Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the Lord; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,
The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land.
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
These Bible verses resoundingly declare God's absolute authority over all creation, human affairs, and spiritual realms. From the foundational declarations of His sovereignty in Genesis to the ultimate triumph of Christ in Revelation, scripture consistently points to God as the ultimate lawgiver, judge, and king. Acknowledging this divine authority is paramount for a life lived in accordance with His will. Reflecting on these verses should inspire humility, encouraging us to submit our plans and desires to His perfect guidance. Further, understanding God's authority empowers us to trust in His protection and provision amidst life's uncertainties. Let these scriptures serve as a constant reminder to seek His wisdom, obey His commands, and live in reverent awe of the one who holds all power in His hands, knowing that aligning with His authority brings true freedom and purpose.