77 Bible Verses about Power, Human

When you succeed do not brag: 'I am rich. I earned it all myself.' Remember that Jehovah your God gives you the strength to make a living. That is how he keeps the promise he made to your fathers.

Let every person be subject to superior authorities. For there is no authority except by God. God allows the authorities to serve in their positions.

The people of Israel sinned against Jehovah again. Because of this Jehovah made King Eglon of Moab stronger than Israel.

The wrath of Jehovah burned against Israel! He gave them up into the power of Hazael, king of Aram, and into the power of Benhadad, the son of Hazael, again and again.

If you go into battle with them God will use the enemy to defeat you. It does not matter how courageous you are because God has the power to help you or to defeat you.

You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory.

At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke: Is this not great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth a voice came from heaven, saying: O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom is departed from you.read more.
You will be driven from men. Your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field. You will have to eat grass like bulls. Seven times shall pass over you until you know the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.

Pilate said: Will you not speak to me? Do you know I have the power to release you and the power to impale you? Jesus answered him: You would have no power against me except it was given you from above. Therefore he that delivered me to you has greater sin.

They were there to do the things your hand and council foreordained to occur.

All things in the heavens and upon the earth where created through him. The things visible and invisible were created through him. Whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it is to the king, or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers and for praise to those who do good.

God, the God of Israel, is awe-inspiring in his holy place. He gives strength and power to his people. Praise God!

He gives strength to those who grow tired and increases the strength of those who are weak. Even young people grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. Those who hope in Jehovah will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary! They will walk and not be faint.

We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the power beyond what is normal may be from God, and not from ourselves.

The weapons we use in our fight are not of the flesh but God's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy strongholds. We destroy false arguments.

He told me: My grace is sufficient for you for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore, I would rather glory in my infirmities (frailities), that the power of Christ may rest upon me (cover me like a tent) (descend upon me) (abide with me). (Isaiah 40:29-31)

Now to him that is able to do far more abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in his mighty strength.

God will strengthen you with all power, according to the might of his glory, to all patience and longsuffering with joy.

We pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of goodness and every work of faith with power.

Jehovah said to Moses: When you go back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put in your power. I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.

and for all the great wonders and mighty power which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.

Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

David continued to grow more powerful because Jehovah God of Hosts was with him.

David went on and became great, and Jehovah of Hosts was with him.

The hand of Jehovah was on Elijah. Jehovah gave special strength to Elijah and he ran ahead of Ahab until they came to Jezreel.

Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to live the way Jehovah his God wanted.

I thank you, and praise you, O God of my fathers. You have given me wisdom and might. You have made known to me what we desired from you. For you have made known to us the king's situation.

He will go before God in the spirit and power of Elijah. He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness. This will make ready a people whose hearts have been directed to Jehovah (YHWH). (Malachi 3:1)

He called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

He called his twelve disciples. He gave them power to cast out unclean spirits and to heal all kinds of disease and sickness.

He summoned the twelve and sent them forth in pairs. They were given authority over the unclean spirits.

Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall in any way hurt you.

They stood them in their presence and asked: By what power or by what name do you do this?

Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

To another the workings of miracles and to another prophesy. To another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues.

and what the exceeding greatness of his power is toward us who believe, according to the operation of his mighty strength. He operated in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places.

Though he was impaled through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. We are weak through him also, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.

I want to know him and the power of his resurrection. I want to know the fellowship of his sufferings and become conformed to his death.

I work hard to get this done. I use the mighty strength Christ supplies. It is at work in me.

You have been buried with him in baptism. You were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

The Spirit of Jehovah came upon him, and he became Israel's leader (judge). Othniel went to war, and Jehovah gave him the victory over the king of Mesopotamia.

Suddenly the power of Jehovah made Samson strong. He tore the lion apart with his bare hands, as if it were a young goat. But he did not tell his parents what he had done.

When he got to Lehi, the Philistines shouted and ran toward him. Suddenly Jehovah's power made him strong. He broke the ropes around his arms and hands as if they were burnt flax.

The Spirit of Jehovah will come upon you with power. You will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into a different person.

When he heard this news, God's Spirit came over him. He became very angry.

Samuel took the olive oil and anointed David in front of his brothers. Immediately the Spirit of Jehovah took control of David and was with him from that day on. Then Samuel returned to Ramah.

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah has anointed me to announce good news to the lowly and meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners.

The Spirit of Jehovah is upon me. He anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind. To set at liberty those who are bruised.

Jehovah's Spirit fills me with power! I have judgment and mightiness to declare to Jacob, his evil behavior, to tell Israel about his sin!

The angel replied: Holy Spirit would come to you and the power of the Most High will envelope you. Because of this the newborn will be called the Son of God.

Jesus was directed by God's Spirit to return to Galilee. His reputation spread through out the region.

You will receive power, when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

You see I send the promise of my Father upon you. You are to wait in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.

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

That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man.

Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is in the power of your hand to do it.

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I understand and I am very strong.

A wise man is strong. A man of knowledge increases strength.

When the wicked rise people hide, but when they die, the righteous increase.

The Midianites were very oppressive over Israel. So much so that the people of Israel hid from them in caves and other safe places in the mountains.

Why do the wicked live on, reach old age, and become mighty in power?

When righteous people rejoice, there is great glory, but when wicked people rise, people hide themselves.

Like cages filled with birds, their houses are filled with deceit. That is why they become powerful and rich. They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

The land is full of adulterers! The land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil and their might is not right.

See how all the princes of Israel who live in you have used their power to shed blood (murder people).

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).

They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.

Your sons and daughters will be dragged off to a foreign country. And you will stand there helpless. Even if you watch for them until you go blind, you will never see them again.

Asa prayed: Jehovah, only you can help a powerless army defeat a stronger one. We depend on you to help us. We will fight against this powerful army to honor your name! We know that you will not be defeated. You are Jehovah our God. Do not let man prevail against you.

But our flesh is the same as the flesh of our countrymen, and our children as their children. Now we give our sons and daughters into the hands of others, to be their servants. Some of our daughters are servants even now. We have no power to stop this. For other men have our fields and our vine-gardens.

He saves people from the sword (slander) of their mouth. He saves the needy from the power of the mighty. The poor have hope when wrongdoing shuts its mouth.

What strength do I have, that I should wait and hope? What prospects, that I should be patient? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh made of bronze? Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?

Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many wicked. The arms of the wicked will be broken, but Jehovah sustains the righteous.

The wicked spies upon the righteous and seeks to kill him. Jehovah will not leave him in his hand or let him be condemned when he is judged.

When a wicked man dies his expectation perishes, indeed the hope of unjust men perishes.

This is what the Lord Jehovah says: 'I am against the magic charms that you use to trap people like birds. I will tear them from your arms and free the people that you have trapped. I will tear off your magic veils and rescue my people from your power so that they will no longer be under your control. Then you will know that I am Jehovah.