Judges 8:23
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23 Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”(A)
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1 Samuel 12:12
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12 But when you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ though the Lord your God was your king.(A)
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1 Samuel 10:19
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19 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said, ‘No, but set a king over us.’ Now, therefore, present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.”(A)
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Isaiah 33:22
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22 For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our ruler;
the Lord is our king; he will save us.(A)
1 Peter 5:3
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3 Do not lord it over those in your charge, but be examples to the flock.(A)
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2 Corinthians 1:24
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24 I do not mean to imply that we lord it over your faith; rather, we are workers with you for your joy because you stand firm in faith.(A)
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Luke 22:24-27
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The Dispute about Greatness
24 A dispute also arose among them as to which one of them was to be regarded as the greatest.(A) 25 But he said to them, “The kings of the gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors.(B) 26 But not so with you; rather, the greatest among you must become like the youngest and the leader like one who serves.(C) 27 For who is greater, the one who is at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.(D)
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Isaiah 63:19
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19 We have long been like those whom you do not rule,
like those not called by your name.(A)
1 Samuel 8:6-7
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6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to govern us.” Samuel prayed to the Lord,(A) 7 and the Lord said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.(B)
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Judges 11:9-11
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9 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight with the Ammonites and the Lord gives them over to me, I will be your head.” 10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The Lord will be witness between us; we will surely do as you say.”(A) 11 So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them, and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.(B)
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Judges 10:18
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18 The commanders of the people of Gilead said to one another, “Who will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”(A)
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Judges 2:18
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18 Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge, and he delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge, for the Lord would be moved to pity by their groaning because of those who persecuted and oppressed them.
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