Ecclesiastes 8:4
"Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?"
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- Job 9:12
"Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?"
Read in chapter → - Romans 13:1
"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 20:2
"The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul."
Read in chapter → - Daniel 4:35
"And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?"
Read in chapter → - Romans 9:20
"Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?"
Read in chapter → - Job 34:18
"Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?"
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 19:12
"The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 2:29
"And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him."
Read in chapter → - Proverbs 30:31
"A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up."
Read in chapter → - Luke 12:4
"And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do."
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