58 Bible Verses about Power

I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father.

For the Scripture says, "No one who has faith in him will be disappointed."

I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father.

For the Scripture says, "No one who has faith in him will be disappointed."

For you were astray like sheep, but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.

But the sight of the crowds of people filled him with pity for them, because they were bewildered and dejected, like sheep that have no shepherd.

But he answered, "I am sent only to the lost sheep of Israel's house."

but proceed instead to the lost sheep of Israel's house.

and he said, "Abba!" that is, Father, "anything is possible for you! Take this cup away from me! Yet not what I please but what you do!"

Then, so mighty is his majesty, he will nerve you perfectly with strength for the cheerful exercise of endurance and forbearance in every situation,

and beg him out of his wealth of glory to strengthen you mightily through his Spirit in your inner nature

for our preaching of the good news did not come to you as mere words but with power and the holy Spirit and full conviction??ou know the kind of life we lived among you for your good.

For the Spirit God has given us is a spirit not of timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline.

and beg him out of his wealth of glory to strengthen you mightily through his Spirit in your inner nature

God did such extraordinary wonders by means of Paul, that people took to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons he had used, and they were cured of their diseases, and the evil spirits went out of them.

and my teaching and message were not put in plausible, philosophical language, but they were attended with convincing spiritual power,

And he said to them, "Why are you afraid? You have so little faith!" Then he got up and reproved the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.

When they got into the boat, the wind went down.

You know the story that has gone all over Judea, starting from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed, about Jesus of Nazareth, and how God endowed him with the power of the holy Spirit, and he went about doing good and curing all who were in the power of the devil, because God was with him.

And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

And he came down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee. And he taught them on the Sabbath, and they were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority. There was a man in the synagogue who was possessed by the spirit of a foul demon and he cried out loudly, read more.
"Ha! What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are God's Holy One!" Jesus reproved him and said, "Silence! Get out of him!" And the demon threw the man down in the midst of them, and came out of him, without doing him any harm. And they were all amazed and said to one another, "What is the meaning of this teaching? For he gives orders authoritatively and effectually to the foul spirits, and they come out."

I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep and my sheep know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father, and I am giving my life for my sheep. I have other sheep too that do not belong to this fold. I must lead them too, and they will obey my voice, and they will all become one flock, with one shepherd. read more.
This is why the Father loves me, because I am giving my life, but giving it to take it back again. No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders I have received from my Father."

When Jesus had said all this he raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Do honor to your son, that your son may do honor to you, just as you have done in giving him power over all mankind, so that he may give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And eternal life means knowing you as the only true God, and knowing Jesus your messenger as Christ.

And he called the Twelve to him and sent them off two by two, giving them power over the foul spirits.

Then he called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to proclaim the Kingdom of God and to cure the sick.

So those who were present asked him, "Master, is this the time when you are going to re-establish the kingdom for Israel?" He said to them, "It is not for you to know times and dates which the Father has fixed by his own authority, but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth."

The seventy-two came back delighted, and said, "Master, when we use your name the very demons submit to us!" He said to them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning! Here I have given you the power to tread on snakes and scorpions, and to trample on all the power of the enemy. Nothing will hurt you at all. read more.
But do not be glad that the spirits submit to you, but be glad that your names are enrolled in heaven."

In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was divine. It was he that was with God in the beginning. Everything came into existence through him, and apart from him nothing came to be. read more.
It was by him that life came into existence, and that life was the light of mankind. The light is still shining in the darkness, for the darkness has never put it out. There appeared a man by the name of John, with a message from God. He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him. He was not the light; he came to testify to the light. The real light, which sheds light upon everyone, was just coming into the world. He came into the world, and though the world came into existence through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to his home, and his own family did not welcome him. But to all who did receive him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God, owing their birth not to nature nor to any human or physical impulse, but to God.

But you have been anointed by the Holy One. You all know the truth;

For we have all??ews or Greeks, slaves or free men??een baptized in one spirit to form one body, and we have all been saturated with one Spirit.

and when Paul laid his hands on them, the holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in foreign tongues and with prophetic inspiration. There were about twelve of them in all.

Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Symeon, an upright, devout man, who was living in expectation of the comforting of Israel, and under the influence of the holy Spirit.

Then he awoke and reproved the wind, and said to the sea, "Hush! Silence!" And the wind went down and there was a great calm.

Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil,

The other's appearance, by the contrivance of Satan, will be full of power and pretended signs and wonders,

In the same spirit of faith as his who said, "I believed, and so I spoke," I too believe, and so I speak,

By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I think him, I have written you this short letter to encourage you and bear my testimony that this is what the true mercy of God means. Stand fast in it.

We and the holy Spirit which God has given to those who obey him are witnesses to these things."

for we cannot help telling of what we have seen and heard."

To this day I have had God's help and I stand here to testify to high and low alike, without adding a thing to what Moses and the prophets declared would happen,

They will be punished with eternal ruin and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and his glorious might,

The seventy-two came back delighted, and said, "Master, when we use your name the very demons submit to us!"

Then he called his twelve disciples to him, and gave them power over the foul spirits so that they could drive them out, and so that they could heal any disease or illness.

And signs like these will attend those who believe: with my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in foreign tongues; they will take snakes in their hands, and if they drink poison it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well."

but they could not meet his wisdom and the inspiration with which he spoke.

This plan met the approval of the whole body, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicholas of Antioch, who had been a convert to Judaism.

For the Spirit God has given us is a spirit not of timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline. So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.

Then Pilate said to him, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Do you not know that it is in my power to release you or to have you crucified?" Jesus answered him, "You would have no power at all over me, if it were not given to you from above. So you are less guilty than the man who betrayed me to you."

Everyone must obey the authorities that are over him, for no authority can exist without the permission of God; the existing authorities have been established by him, so that anyone who resists the authorities sets himself in opposition to what God has ordained, and those who oppose him will bring down judgment upon themselves.

If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead has taken possession of you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give your mortal bodies life through his Spirit that has taken possession of you.

But they went out and spread the news about him all over that part of the country.

I did the planting, Apollos the watering, but it was God who made the plants grow. So neither the planter nor the waterer counts for anything, but only God who makes the plants grow. The planter and the waterer are all one, though each of us will be paid for his own work.

for which I became a worker by virtue of the gift of God's mercy which by the exercise of his power he has given me.

And everything that you pray for with faith, you will obtain."

Anything you ask for as followers of mine I will grant, so that the Father may be honored through the Son.

For the message of God is a living and active force, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing through soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and keen in judging the thoughts and purposes of the mind.

For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who has faith, of the Jew first and then of the Greek.

So the Lord's message went on growing wonderfully in influence and power.

To him who by the exertion of his power within us can do unutterably more than all we ask or imagine,

Even if he was crucified through weakness, by the power of God he is alive. For we are weak as he was, but you will find that by the power of God we will be alive as he is.

and how surpassingly great his power is for us who believe; like the mighty strength

But if I am driving the demons out by the aid of God's Spirit, then the Kingdom of God has overtaken you.

But if it is with the finger of God that I am driving the demons out, then the Kingdom of God has overtaken you.

and decisively declared Son of God in his holiness of spirit, by being raised from the dead??esus Christ our Lord,

He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

But it was what the world calls foolish that God chose to put the wise to shame with, and it was what the world calls weak that God chose to shame its strength with, and it was what the world calls low and insignificant and unreal that God chose to nullify its realities, so that in his presence no human being might have anything to boast of.

who has gone to heaven and is at God's right hand, with angels, hierarchies, and powers made subject to him.

he exerted in raising Christ from the dead, and seating him at his right hand in heaven, far above all hierarchies, authorities, powers, and dominions, and all titles that can be bestowed not only in this world but in the world to come.

But he answered them, "My Father is still at work, and I work too." On account of this the Jews were all the more eager to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath but actually called God his Father, thus putting himself on an equality with God. So Jesus answered them, "I tell you, the Son cannot do anything of his own accord, unless he sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.

and I give them eternal life, and they shall never be lost, and no one shall tear them out of my hands. What my Father has intrusted to me is of more importance than everything else, and no one can tear anything out of the Father's hands. The Father and I are one."

for it was through him that everything was created in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, angelic thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities??ll things were created through him and for him.

He came into the world, and though the world came into existence through him, the world did not recognize him.

Everything came into existence through him, and apart from him nothing came to be.

Then I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, underneath the earth, and on the sea, and all that they contain, say, "Blessing, honor, glory, and power to him who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb forever and ever!"

"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory, honor, and power, for you created all things; by your will they existed and were created."

saying, "We give you thanks, Lord God Almighty, who are and were, because you have assumed your great power and begun to reign.

For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who has faith, of the Jew first and then of the Greek.

but to those whom God has called, whether they are Jews or Greeks, a Christ who is God's power and God's wisdom.

For to those who are on the way to destruction, the story of the cross is nonsense, but to us who are to be saved, it means all the power of God.

The apostles gave their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and God's favor rested richly upon them.

Stephen, greatly strengthened by God's favor, did remarkable signs and wonders among the people.

and they were amazed at his teaching, for he spoke with authority.

When Jesus had finished this discourse, the crowds were astounded at his teaching, for he taught them like one who had authority and not like their scribes.

If the meaning of my preaching of the good news is veiled at all, it is so only in the case of those who are on the way to destruction. In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep the light of the good news of the glorious Christ, the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.

but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth."

when suddenly there came from the sky a sound like a violent blast of wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

And I will send down upon you what my Father has promised. Wait here in the city until you are clothed with power from on high."

but you will be given power when the holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem and all over Judea and Samaria and to the very ends of the earth." As he said this, he was caught up before their eyes and a cloud took him up from their sight.

For they were no fictitious stories that we followed when we informed you of the power of our Lord Jesus Christ and of his coming, but we had been eye-witnesses of his majesty.

Then they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds with great power and glory,

Therefore since these children referred to have the same mortal nature, Jesus also shared it, like them, in order that by his death he might dethrone the lord of death, the devil,

He disarmed the principalities and dominions and displayed them openly, triumphing over them through him.

He has put everything under his feet and made him the indisputable head of the church,

The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands.

But the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, so that I might make a full presentation of the message and let all the heathen hear it. So I was saved from the jaws of the lion.

I can do anything through him who gives me strength.

Therefore, he is able to save forever all who come to God through him, because he lives and intercedes for them forever.

Have no fear of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. You had better be afraid of one who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.

Henceforth you must grow strong through union with the Lord and through his mighty strength.

Then, so mighty is his majesty, he will nerve you perfectly with strength for the cheerful exercise of endurance and forbearance in every situation,

for which I became a worker by virtue of the gift of God's mercy which by the exercise of his power he has given me.

when in your baptism you were buried with him, and raised to life with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

Even if he was crucified through weakness, by the power of God he is alive. For we are weak as he was, but you will find that by the power of God we will be alive as he is.

For the reign of God is not a matter of words but of power.

He is the reflection of God's glory, and the representation of his being, and bears up the universe by his mighty word. He has effected man's purification from sin, and has taken his seat on high at the right hand of God's Majesty,

He existed before all things and he sustains and embraces them all.

in the full assurance that God was able to do what he had promised.

And do not subject us to temptation, But save us from the evil one.'

Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible nature??is eternal power and divine character??ave been clearly perceptible through what he has made. So they have no excuse,

for our preaching of the good news did not come to you as mere words but with power and the holy Spirit and full conviction??ou know the kind of life we lived among you for your good.

and my teaching and message were not put in plausible, philosophical language, but they were attended with convincing spiritual power,

And the men were amazed and said, "What kind of man is this? For the very winds and sea obey him!"

One day as he was teaching, there were some Pharisees and experts in the Law sitting near by, who had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was there, so that he might cure people.

the truth of my teaching, and the power of God; with the weapons of uprightness for the right hand and the left,

So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.

Then what if God, though he wanted to display his anger and show his power, has shown great patience toward the objects of his anger, already ripe for destruction,

Jesus answered, "Destroy this sanctuary, and I will raise it in three days!"

No one has taken it from me, but I am giving it of my own accord. I have power to give it, and I have power to take it back again. These are the orders I have received from my Father."

God took him up to his right hand as our leader and savior, in order to give repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.

But I would have you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home!"

This is why I am suffering as I am, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have intrusted to him for that Day.

and take salvation for your helmet, and for your sword the Spirit, which is the voice of God.

For just as the Father awakens the dead and makes them come to life, the Son makes anyone whom he chooses come to life.

I tell you, the time is coming??t is here already!??hen those who are dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and those who listen to it will live. For just as the Father is self-existent, he has given self-existence to the Son,

This is why I am suffering as I am, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have intrusted to him for that Day.

The Lord will rescue me from any harm and bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

For we have to struggle, not with enemies of flesh and blood, but with the hierarchies, the authorities, the master-spirits of this dark world, the spirit-forces of evil on high.

It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it is grown it is the largest of plants and grows into a tree, so that the wild birds come and roost in its branches."

But rather than give offense to them, go down to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, open its mouth and you will find in it a dollar. Take that and pay the tax for us both."

And they all ate and had enough. And the pieces left over that they gathered up filled twelve baskets.

and seeing a fig tree by the roadside, he went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. And he said to it, "No more fruit shall ever grow on you!" And the fig tree withered up at once.

Toward morning he went out to them, walking on the sea.

And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, suddenly there was such an earthquake that the jail shook to its foundations; all the doors flew open, and everybody's chains were unfastened.

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And the men were amazed and said, "What kind of man is this? For the very winds and sea obey him!"

Therefore, he is able to save forever all who come to God through him, because he lives and intercedes for them forever.

And they begged him not to order them off to the bottomless pit. Now there was a large drove of pigs feeding there on the hillside, and they begged him to give them leave to go into them. And he did so.

For the message of God is a living and active force, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing through soul and spirit, and joints and marrow, and keen in judging the thoughts and purposes of the mind.

nor any supernatural forces either of height or depth will be able to separate us from the love God has shown in Christ Jesus our Lord!

And a leper came up to him and fell on his knees before him, saying, "If you only choose, sir, you can cure me!"

But I would have you know that the Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth." Then he said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home!"

For I am not ashamed of the good news, for it is God's power for the salvation of everyone who has faith, of the Jew first and then of the Greek.

Do not be surprised at this, for the time is coming when all who are in their graves will listen to his voice, and those who have done right will come out to resurrection and life, and those who have done wrong, to resurrection and judgment.

Before Peter had finished saying these words, the holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to his message.

And Peter remembered about it and said to him, "Look, Master! The fig tree that you cursed is withered up!"

The high priests too made sport of him to one another with the scribes and said, "He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of that blind man, have kept Lazarus from dying?"