33 Bible Verses about Power, Human

Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.

Pilate said to him, "You will not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to release you, and power to crucify you?" Jesus answered, "You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above. Therefore the one who delivered me to you has the greater sin."

to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authoritiesall things were created through him and for him.

Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the supreme authority, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

For the weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world, but they have divine power to destroy strongholds.

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us,

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy,

To this end we always pray for you, that our God may count you worthy of his calling, and may fulfill every good resolve and work of faith by his power,

Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.

And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

Then he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.

And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness.

And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them out two by two, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits.

Behold, I have given you authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.

And when they had set them in the midst, they began to inquire, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"

And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.

and to another the working of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another distinguishing between spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues.

and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power in us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of his might which he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places,

For he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God for you.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming like him in his death;

For this end I labor, striving with all his energy, which so mightily works within me.

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,

And the angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.

Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of him went out through all the surrounding country.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth."

And behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city, until you are clothed with power from on high."

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner man,