Judges 8:23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Gideon said to them, “I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.”

Cross References

Psalm 10:16

The Lord is king forever and ever; the nations shall perish from his land.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel be glad in its Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.

Isaiah 33:22

For the Lord is our judge; the Lord is our ruler; the Lord is our king; he will save us.

Isaiah 63:19

We have long been like those whom you do not rule, like those not called by your name.

2 Corinthians 1:24

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.

1 Peter 5:3

Do not lord it over those in your charge, but be examples to the flock.

Judges 10:18

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.”

Judges 2:18

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.

Judges 8:22

Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also, for you have delivered us out of the hand of Midian.”

1 Samuel 10:19

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.”

1 Samuel 12:12

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.