Quotes About Control

As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.

So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in Godís hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.

My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.í”

The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?

I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.

I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.

By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ëI have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.í”

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.

But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ëWhat have You done?í”

Because of the greatness that He bestowed on him, the people of every nation and language trembled in fear before him. He killed whom he wished and kept alive whom he wished; he exalted whom he wished and humbled whom he wished.

Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.

The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.

After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.

He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.

He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.

Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.

You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.

Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.