Ecclesiastes 8:4
For the king’s word is supreme, and who can say to him, “What are you doing?”
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- Job 9:12 If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
- Romans 13:1–3 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God. Consequently, whoever resists authority is opposing what God has set in place, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
- Proverbs 20:2 The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.