Origin and meaning of “authority” by Etymonline 
https://www.etymonline.com/word/authority

…“Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm….
They were fearful and amazed…
Luke 8:24-25

…A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; …
— John 15:20

For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings.
— Hebrews 2:10

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith,…
— Hebrews 12:2

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
— John 1:1,3

h3519. כָּבוֹד ḵâḇôḏ; rarely כָּבֹד kabod; from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness

“Woe is me, for I am ruined!… For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”
— Isaiah 6:5

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
— Proverbs 1:7

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food”; and it was so.
— Genesis 1:29-30

…. to cultivate it and keep (šâmar) it.
— Genesis 2:15

He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard (šâmar) the way to the tree of life.
— Genesis 3:24

you shall surely set a king over you whom the Lord your God chooses, one from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman.
— Deuteronomy 17:15

The Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them.
— 1 Samuel 8:7

In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.
— Judges 17:6

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.
— Proverbs 12:15

Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But the Lord weighs the hearts.
— Proverbs 21:2

Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But the Lord weighs the hearts.
— Proverbs 21:2

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