Judges 8:23

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But Gideon replied, 'I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you.'

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  • 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 'But today you have rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and distresses. You have said to Him, "Set a king over us." Now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.'
  • 1 Sam 12:12 : 12 But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, came against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to reign over us,’ even though the LORD your God was your king.
  • Isa 33:22 : 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us.
  • Isa 63:19 : 19 We are yours from of old, but you have not ruled over them; they have not been called by your name. Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!
  • Luke 22:24-27 : 24 Then a dispute arose among them about who was considered to be the greatest. 25 But he said to them, 'The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors.' 26 But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves. 27 For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
  • Judg 2:18 : 18 Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for them, he was with the judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies as long as the judge lived. For the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.
  • Judg 10:18 : 18 The people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, 'Who is the man who will begin the fight against the Ammonites? He shall be the leader for all the inhabitants of Gilead.'
  • Judg 11:9-9 : 9 Jephthah answered, 'If you bring me back to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them to me, will I really become your head?' 10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, 'The Lord is our witness; we will certainly do as you say.' 11 So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their head and commander. Jephthah repeated all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.
  • 1 Sam 8:6-7 : 6 But their request for a king displeased Samuel, and he prayed to the LORD. 7 The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.

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  • Judg 8:20-22
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    87%

    20He then said to Jether, his firstborn, 'Get up and kill them.' But the young man did not draw his sword because he was afraid, still being just a boy.

    21Zebah and Zalmunna said, 'Get up yourself and strike us down, for a man is judged by his strength.' So Gideon got up, killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments from the necks of their camels.

    22The Israelites said to Gideon, 'Rule over us—you, your son, and your grandson—because you have saved us from the hand of Midian.'

  • Judg 8:28-29
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    73%

    28Thus Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. During the days of Gideon, the land had peace for forty years.

    29Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) son of Joash went back to his home to live.

  • Judg 7:1-2
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    1Early in the morning, Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people with him set up camp beside the spring of Harod. Meanwhile, the camp of Midian was to the north of them, by the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    2The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many people with you for me to hand Midian over to them, lest Israel boast against me, claiming, 'My own strength has delivered me.'

  • Judg 8:24-25
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    24Then Gideon said to them, 'I have one request—that each of you give me an earring from your share of the plunder.' (It was the custom of the Ishmaelites to wear gold earrings.)

    25They answered, 'We will gladly give them.' So they spread out a garment, and each man threw a gold earring from his share of the plunder onto it.

  • Judg 6:36
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    36Gideon said to God, 'If you are truly going to use me to save Israel as you have promised,

  • 1 Sam 8:17-19
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    17He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

    18On that day, you will cry out because of the king you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.

    19The people refused to listen to Samuel and said, 'No! We want a king to rule over us.'

  • Judg 6:13-14
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    13Gideon said to him, 'Please, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about, saying, ‘Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.'

    14The Lord turned to him and said, 'Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?'

  • Judg 6:22-24
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    22When Gideon realized that it was the angel of the Lord, he exclaimed, 'Alas, Sovereign Lord! I have seen the angel of the Lord face to face!'

    23But the Lord said to him, 'Peace be with you. Do not be afraid; you will not die.'

    24So Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it 'The Lord is Peace.' To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Judg 8:3
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    3God gave the leaders of Midian—Oreb and Zeeb—into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?' At this, their anger toward him subsided when he said this.

  • Judg 7:14-15
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    70%

    14His companion responded, "This can only mean the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel. God has delivered Midian and the entire camp into his hands."

    15When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed down in worship. He returned to the Israelite camp and said, "Get up! The LORD has given the Midianite camp into your hands."

  • Judg 8:7
    69%

    7So Gideon said, 'Very well, when the Lord has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hands, I will tear your flesh with thorns of the wilderness and briars.'

  • Judg 7:7
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    7The LORD said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped, I will save you and hand Midian over to you. Let all the others go home."

  • Judg 7:4
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    4Then the LORD said to Gideon, "There are still too many people. Take them down to the water, and there I will test them for you. Whoever I say, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go; and whoever I say, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go."

  • Lev 25:43
    69%

    43Do not rule over them harshly, but fear your God.

  • 1 Sam 8:7
    69%

    7The LORD said to Samuel, 'Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. It is not you they have rejected but they have rejected me as their king.

  • 1 Sam 8:11
    69%

    11He said, 'This is what the king who will reign over you will demand: He will take your sons and assign them to his chariots and horses, and they will run in front of his chariots.

  • Isa 3:7
    69%

    7But he will say in that day, ‘I will not be a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not appoint me as the ruler of the people.’

  • 1 Sam 12:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12But when you saw that Nahash, king of the Ammonites, came against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to reign over us,’ even though the LORD your God was your king.

    13Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for. See, the LORD has set a king over you.

  • Josh 24:21
    68%

    21But the people said to Joshua, "No! We will serve the LORD.

  • Judg 6:27
    68%

    27So Gideon took ten of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. But because he was afraid of his family and the men of the city, he did it at night rather than in the daytime.

  • Judg 7:17-18
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    67%

    17He said to them, "Watch me and do as I do. When I get to the edge of the camp, do exactly as I do.

    18When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, then you also blow your trumpets all around the camp and shout, 'For the LORD and for Gideon!'"

  • Judg 8:13
    67%

    13Gideon, son of Joash, returned from the battle by the Ascent of Heres.

  • 1 Sam 8:9
    67%

    9Now then, listen to them, but warn them solemnly and let them know what the king who will reign over them will demand.'

  • Hos 10:3
    67%

    3Now they will say, 'We have no king, for we did not fear the LORD. And as for the king, what could he do for us?

  • Judg 6:10-11
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    67%

    10And I said to you, ‘I am the Lord your God; do not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live.’ But you did not listen to my voice.

    11Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.

  • Lam 5:8
    67%

    8Slaves now rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their power.

  • Deut 17:14
    67%

    14When you enter the land the LORD your God is giving you and take possession of it and settle in it, and you say, 'Let us appoint a king over us, like all the nations around us,'

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    66%

    6He said to the judges, 'Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals, but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a judgment.'

  • Judg 11:8-9
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    8The elders of Gilead replied, 'That is why we have now turned to you. Come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.'

    9Jephthah answered, 'If you bring me back to fight the Ammonites, and the Lord gives them to me, will I really become your head?'

  • 2 Sam 23:3
    66%

    3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me: 'The one who rules over people must be righteous, ruling in the fear of God.'

  • Ps 108:8
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    8God has spoken in his holiness: 'I will exult; I will divide Shechem and measure out the Valley of Succoth.'

  • Deut 1:13
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    13Choose for yourselves wise, discerning, and known men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your leaders.

  • Deut 1:42
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    42But the LORD said to me, 'Tell them, "Do not go up or fight, because I am not with you; you will be defeated by your enemies."'

  • Judg 5:13
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    13Then the survivors came down to the nobles; the people of the Lord came down to me against the mighty.

  • Hos 13:10
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    10Where now is your king to save you in all your cities? And where are your rulers, about whom you said, 'Give me a king and princes'?