Judges 8:23

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he said to them: "I will not rule over you. Neither shall my son rule over you. Instead, the Lord shall rule over you."

Cross References

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel rejoice in him who made them, and let the sons of Zion exult in their king.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge. The Lord is our lawgiver. The Lord is our king. He himself will save us.

Isaiah 63:19

We have become as we were in the beginning, when you did not rule over us, and when we were not called by your name.

2 Corinthians 1:24

not because we have dominion over your faith, but because we are assistants of your joy. For by faith you stand.

1 Peter 5:3

not so as to dominate by means of the clerical state, but so as to be formed into a flock from the heart.

Judges 10:18

And the leaders of Gilead said to one another, "Whoever among us will be the first to begin to contend against the sons of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Gilead."

Judges 2:18

And while the Lord was raising up the judges, in their days, he was moved to mercy, and he listened to the groaning of the afflicted, and he freed them from the slaughter of their oppressors.

Judges 8:22

And all the men of Israel said to Gideon: "You should rule over us, and your son, and your son's son. For you freed us from the hand of Midian."

1 Samuel 10:19

But today you have rejected your God, who alone saved you from all your evils and tribulations. And you have said: 'By no means! Instead, appoint a king over us.' Now therefore, stand in the sight of the Lord, by your tribes and by your families."

1 Samuel 12:12

Then, seeing that Nahash, the king of the sons of Ammon, had arrived against you, you said to me, 'By no means! Instead, a king shall reign over us,' even though the Lord your God was reigning over you.