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?
- Romans 13:1–3 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. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
- 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.