60 Bible Verses about Power

Truly, truly do I say to you, He that believeth in me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater than these shall he do; because I am going to the Father,

if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.

For the Scripture saith, "Whoever believeth in him shall not be put to shame."

Truly, truly do I say to you, He that believeth in me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater than these shall he do; because I am going to the Father,

if ye indeed continue in the faith grounded and settled, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye heard, which hath been preached in the whole creation under heaven; of which I Paul became a minister.

For the Scripture saith, "Whoever believeth in him shall not be put to shame."

For ye were going astray like sheep; but ye have now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

And seeing the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and scattered about, as sheep having no shepherd.

But he answered and said, I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee! take away this cup from me. But not what I will, but what thou wilt.

endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

because the gospel preached by us came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye well know what sort of persons we became among you for your sake.

for God gave us not the spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of admonition.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul; so that even handkerchiefs, or aprons, were carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.

and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power;

And he saith to them, Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the waves; and there was a great calm.

And when they had got into the boat, the wind ceased.

Ye yourselves know what was spoken of through the whole of Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached, relating to Jesus of Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were overpowered by the Devil; for God was with him.

And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, All power was given to me in heaven and on earth.

And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and was teaching them on the sabbath. And they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority. And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, read more.
Ha! what have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Thou hast come to destroy us. I know who thou art, the Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him. And the demon threw him down in the midst, and came out of him, having done him no hurt. And all were amazed; and they spoke with one another, saying, What kind of word is this, that with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out?

I am the good shepherd, and I know my sheep, and they know me, even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father; and I give my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd. read more.
On this account the Father loveth me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again; this charge I received from my Father.

When Jesus had thus spoken, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father! the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee; according as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that he should give everlasting life to all whom thou hast given him. And this is the everlasting life, to know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou didst send.

And he calleth to him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over the unclean spirits;

And he called together the twelve, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. And he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God, and to heal.

They therefore, having come together, asked him, saying, Lord, art thou at this time about to restore the kingdom to Israel? But he said to them, It belongeth not to you to know times or seasons, which the Father appointed by his own authority. But ye will receive power when the Holy Spirit hath come upon you; and ye will be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in thy name. And he said to them, I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning. Lo! I have given you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the might of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. read more.
Yet rejoice not in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names have been written in heaven.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him; and without him was nothing made that hath been made. read more.
In him is life; and the life was the light of men. And the light hath been shining in the darkness; and the darkness received it not. There was a man, sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all might believe. He was not the light, but came to bear witness of the light. The true light, which enlighteneth every man, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not. He came to his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of God,to those who believed in his name; who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and know all things.

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or freemen; and were all made to drink one Spirit.

And when Paul bad laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied. And the men were about twelve in all.

And lo! there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and he was a righteous and devout man, waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy Spirit was upon him;

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the waves, Peace! be still! And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner shared in the same, that through death he might bring to nought him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil,

[he,] whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power, and signs, and wonders of falsehood,

But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, "I believed, and therefore I spoke," we also believe, and therefore speak;

By Silvanus, the faithful brother as I think, I have written to you in few words, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.

And we are his witnesses of these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit which God hath given to those who obey him.

For we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

Having, however, obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying nothing except those things which the Prophets and Moses said were to come to pass;

who will be punished with everlasting destruction proceeding from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power,

And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in thy name.

And he called to him his twelve disciples, and gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every sickness and every disease.

And these signs will accompany believers: In my name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.

and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.

And what was said pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus a proselyte of Antioch,

for God gave us not the spirit of cowardice, but of power, and of love, and of admonition. Be not then ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship with me for the gospel through the power of God,

Pilate saith to him, Dost thou not speak to me? Dost thou not know that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee? Jesus answered, Thou wouldst have no power against me, unless it had been given thee from above; for this cause he that delivered me up to thee hath the greater sin.

Let every one submit to the authorities that are over him; for there is no authority which is not from God: and the authorities which exist have been ordained by God. He therefore that setteth himself against the authority resisteth what God hath ordained; and they a who resist will bring upon themselves judgment.

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he who raised up Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies, because of his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

But they went out, and spread abroad his fame in all that country.

I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the growth. So then, neither he that planteth nor he that watereth is anything, but God that giveth the growth. And he that planteth and he that watereth are one; and each will receive his own reward, according to his own labor.

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.

(for he who wrought for Peter in behalf of the apostleship to the circumcised, wrought also for me in behalf of the gentiles,)

And all things whatever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye will receive.

and whatever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do; that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, both the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart;

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for to every believer, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, it is the power of God unto salvation.

So the word of the Lord grew and prevailed mightily.

Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live together with him by the power of God toward you.

and what the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

But if I cast out the demons through the Spirit of God, then hath the kingdom of God already come to you.

But if I cast out the demons through the finger of God, then hath the kingdom of God already come to you.

and shown with power to be the Son of God as to his spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord;

who being a brightness from his glory and an image of his being, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself accomplished a cleansing of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world did God choose, to put to shame the things which are strong; and the mean things of the world, and the things which are despised, did God choose, the things which are not, to bring to nought things that are; that no flesh might glory before God.

who is on the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.

which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead; and seated him at his own right hand in the heavenly regions, far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come;

But he answered them, My Father is working up to this time, and I work. On this account the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also said that God was his own Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing; for whatever He doeth, these things the Son also doeth in like manner;

and I give them everlasting life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one tear them out of my hand. That which my Father hath given me is greater than all; and no one is able to tear [them] out of the Fathers hand. I and the Father are one.

for in him were created all things, those in the heavens, and those on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things have been created through him and for him;

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

All things were made through him; and without him was nothing made that hath been made.

And every creature which is in heaven, and those which are on the earth and under the earth, and on the sea, and the things in them, I heard them all saying, To him that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.

Worthy art thou, O Lord, and our God, to receive the glory, and the honor, and the power; for thou didst create all things, and on account of thy will they were, and were created.

saying, We give thanks to thee, O Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast, because thou hast taken thy great power, and hast reigned.

For I am not ashamed of the gospel; for to every believer, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, it is the power of God unto salvation.

but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

For the preaching of the cross is to those who are perishing, foolishness, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.

And with great power did the apostles give their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace was upon them all.

And Stephen, full of grace and power, wrought great wonders and signs among the people.

And they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was with authority.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching. For he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.

But if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to them that perish, in whom the God of this world blinded the understandings of the unbelieving, so that they cannot behold the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, is glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for ever. Amen.

But ye will receive power when the Holy Spirit hath come upon you; and ye will be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

And suddenly there came out of heaven a sound, as of a rushing mighty wind; and it filled the whole house where they were sitting;

And I send forth upon you that which hath been promised by my Father; but do ye tarry in the city, until ye are endued with power from on high.

But ye will receive power when the Holy Spirit hath come upon you; and ye will be my witnesses, both in Jerusalem and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the end of the earth. And having thus spoken, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.

For we did not follow cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but had been made eyewitnesses of his majesty.

And then will they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner shared in the same, that through death he might bring to nought him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil,

and having disarmed principalities and powers, he made a public show of them, and led them captive in triumph in him.

and put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the church,

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that the preaching might be fully accomplished by me, and that all the gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the lions mouth.

I can do all things in him who strengtheneth me.

wherefore he is able also to save to the utmost those who come to God through him, since he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

And fear not those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

endued with all power according to the might of his glory unto all patience and longsuffering with joy;

of which I became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God, given to me according to the effectual working of his power.

having been buried with him in your baptism; in which also ye were raised to life with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead;

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live together with him by the power of God toward you.

for the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

who being a brightness from his glory and an image of his being, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself accomplished a cleansing of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.

being fully convinced, that what he hath promised, he is able also to perform.

and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For, ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes, even his eternal power and divinity, being perceived from his works, are clearly seen, so that they might be without excuse.

because the gospel preached by us came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; as ye well know what sort of persons we became among you for your sake.

and my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power;

And the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the waves obey him?

And it came to pass on a certain day, that he was teaching, and there were sitting by Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present that he might heal.

in the word of truth, in the power of God, by the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Be not then ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship with me for the gospel through the power of God,

What if God endured with much patience vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, purposing to manifest his wrath and to make known his power;

Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.