32 Bible Verses about Power, Human

Every one should be in the higher authorities; for there is no authority apart from God. The authorities that now exist have been appointed by God.

Jesus made no answer. So Pilate said to him. "Do you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, or power to crucify you?" "You would have no power over me," answered Jesus, "unless it had been given you from above. For this reason he who has betrayed me to you has the greater sin."

for in him was the universe created, things in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers; by him and for him all have been created;

Submit yourselves, for the Lord's sake, to every human authority; whether it be to the Emperor as supreme ruler, or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the encouragement of well-doers.

But I hold this treasure in an earthen vessel, in order that the surpassing greatness of the power may be from God, and not from myself.

for the weapons of my warfare are not weapons of the flesh, but mighty for God, in pulling down all fortresses.

but he has answered me. "My grace is sufficient for you; it is in weakness that my power is perfected."

Now unto him who, according to his might that is at work within us, is able to do infinitely more than all we ask or even think,

Finally, my brothers, let your hearts be strengthened in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

that you may be strengthened in every kind of strength by the might of his glory for every kind of patience and fortitude with good cheer.

To this end I am making my constant prayer for you, beseeching God to make you worthy of your calling, and to fulfil mightily every desire of goodness and effort of faith;

"So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works.

"He shall go before Him in the wisdom and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, and so to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal;

And when he had called his twelve disciples to him, he gave them power over evil spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and infirmity.

Then summoning the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits.

"Behold, I give you the power to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. In no case shall anything do you harm.

Then they made the men stand before them and demanded, "By what power, or in what name, have you fellows done this?"

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

to another the powers which work miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits; to another varieties of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.

and what the surpassing greatness of his might in us who believe, as seen in the energy of that resistless might which he exercised in raising Christ from the dead, and in seating him at his right hand in the heavenly heights,

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he now lives through the power of God. I also am weak, sharing in his weakness, but I shall live with him by the power of God.

I long to know him in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, by sharing the likeness of his death;

For that end I am ever toiling, wrestling with all that energy of his which is mightily at work within me.

when you were buried with him in baptism. In baptism also you were raised with him, through your faith in the energy of that God who raised him from the dead.

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me Because He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to the prisoners, And recovery of sight to the blind; To set at liberty those that are bruised,

"The Holy Spirit shall come upon you," said the angel, "and the power of the most High shall overshadow you, and therefore the holy offspring which is born, shall be called the son of God.

Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and his fame spread throughout all the surrounding country,

"yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you are to be my witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the very ends of the earth."

"And I will send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But tarry in Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high."

Now the God of all hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may be overflowing with hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.

praying him to grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in your inmost being;