Quotes About Control

Can you send the lightning bolts on their way? Do they report to you, ëHere we areí?

Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?

“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?

Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?

Who can strip off his outer coat? Who can approach him with a bridle?

They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.

You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.

You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

I will set his hand over the sea, and his right hand upon the rivers.

At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

The kingís heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who does not control his temper.

restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with oneís right hand.

Consider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?