13 Bible Verses about Authority, Belonging To God
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But our God is in the heavens. He does whatever he pleases.
and he said, "O LORD, the God of our fathers, aren't you God in heaven? Aren't you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.
Behold, he snatches away. Who can hinder him? Who will ask him, 'What are you doing?'
But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
Whatever the LORD pleased, that he has done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps;
For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"
Yes, since the day was I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?"
Woe to him who strives with his Maker, a clay pot among the clay pots of the earth. Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, 'What are you making?' or your work, 'He has no hands?'
declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or tell him, "What have you done?"
You will say then to me, "Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?" But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, "Why did you make me like this?" Or hasn't the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor?
in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;