Judges 8:23

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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 for ever and ever; the nations shall perish from his land.

Psalm 149:2

Let Israel be glad in his Maker, let the sons 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 become like those over whom thou hast never ruled, like those who are not called by thy name.

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

1 Peter 5:3

not as domineering over those in your charge but being examples to the flock.

Judges 10:18

And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, “Who is the man that will begin to 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 saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.

Judges 8:22

Then the men of Israel 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 you have this day 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 thousands.”

1 Samuel 12:12

And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when the Lord your God was your king.