So it was not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And they told him, “Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.” And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

“You shall not revile God, nor curse a ruler of your people.

(from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim,

When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

Then 3,000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so have I done to them.”

You shall then come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, for he shall be king in my place. And I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah.”

Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant whom I chose, who kept my commandments and my statutes.

Jehu Slaughters Ahab's Descendants

Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying,

Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.”)

Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers' houses, for they were men of great ability.

Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired.

Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, repaired, he and his daughters.

Malchijah the son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem, repaired the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars.

And Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it and covered it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. And he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the king's garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David.

After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool, and as far as the house of the mighty men.

After him the Levites repaired: Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, repaired for his district.

After him their brothers repaired: Bavvai the son of Henadad, ruler of half the district of Keilah.

Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.

Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God,

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute?

The king sent and released him; the ruler of the peoples set him free;

he made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,

Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth!

Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,

By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just;

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you,

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.

When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue.

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked.

Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that a man gets justice.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink,

Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your place, for calmness will lay great offenses to rest.

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:

Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,

Send the lamb to the ruler of the land, from Sela, by way of the desert, to the mount of the daughter of Zion.

who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness.

I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name; he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay.

Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord, “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord, “and continually all the day my name is despised.

Their prince shall be one of themselves; their ruler shall come out from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach me? declares the Lord.

Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful at the report heard in the land, when a report comes in one year and afterward a report in another year, and violence is in the land, and ruler is against ruler.

The Lord has swallowed up without mercy all the habitations of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers.

Its strong stems became rulers' scepters; it towered aloft among the thick boughs; it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches.

Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem.

He shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall load with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and shall divide the land for a price.

He shall become ruler of the treasures of gold and of silver, and all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Cushites shall follow in his train.

When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers dearly love shame.

All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen, and none of them calls upon me.

Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers— those of whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?

I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the Lord.

Rulers and Prophets Denounced

And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?—

Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight,

The Ruler to Be Born in Bethlehem

Now muster your troops, O daughter of troops; siege is laid against us; with a rod they strike the judge of Israel on the cheek.

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.

At kings they scoff, and at rulers they laugh. They laugh at every fortress, for they pile up earth and take it.

You make mankind like the fish of the sea, like crawling things that have no ruler.

From him shall come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler—all of them together.

“‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’”

A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed

While he was saying these things to them, behold, a ruler came in and knelt before him, saying, “My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live.”

And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making a commotion,

But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet

While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?”

But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”

They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.

And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue. And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house,

While he was still speaking, someone from the ruler's house came and said, “Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the Teacher any more.”

And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say,

But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the people, “There are six days in which work ought to be done. Come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day.”

Healing of a Man on the Sabbath

One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully.

The Rich Ruler

And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,

And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!”

and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him.

You Must Be Born Again

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me,

concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

“And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers.

On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed’—

and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.

But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

“This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.”

For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,

But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.

Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with his entire household. And many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized.

And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this.

And Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval,

Wisdom from the Spirit

Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away.

None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.

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

He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.

Be Ready for Every Good Work

Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood