40 Bible Verses About Rulers

1 Kings 21:20 (KJV)
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And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.

Isaiah 1:23 (KJV)
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Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Micah 3:1 (KJV)
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And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

Acts 23:3 (KJV)
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Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

Genesis 41:43 (KJV)
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And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 16:9 (KJV)
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For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Proverbs 16:12 (KJV)
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It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 24:23 (KJV)
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These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

Proverbs 31:4 (KJV)
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It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

Daniel 5:23 (KJV)
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But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

Exodus 18:21 (KJV)
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Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Deuteronomy 16:18 (KJV)
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Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

1 Samuel 10:24 (KJV)
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And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.

1 Samuel 15:23 (KJV)
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For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

1 Kings 14:7 (KJV)
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Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

1 Kings 16:1 (KJV)
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying,

2 Chronicles 19:6 (KJV)
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And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

2 Chronicles 26:18 (KJV)
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And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor from the LORD God.

Proverbs 29:4 (KJV)
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The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

Ezekiel 22:27 (KJV)
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Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

Ezekiel 28:2 (KJV)
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Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God:

Daniel 3:9 (KJV)
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They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever.

Hosea 5:10 (KJV)
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The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

Micah 7:3 (KJV)
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That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

Deuteronomy 17:16 (KJV)
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But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

Deuteronomy 27:19 (KJV)
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Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

2 Samuel 12:7 (KJV)
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And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

2 Samuel 23:3 (KJV)
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The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

1 Kings 8:66 (KJV)
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On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people.

1 Kings 18:18 (KJV)
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And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.

2 Kings 3:13 (KJV)
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And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

2 Chronicles 12:5 (KJV)
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Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

Nehemiah 5:7 (KJV)
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Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.

Psalms 110:5 (KJV)
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The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

Proverbs 20:28 (KJV)
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Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

Proverbs 29:14 (KJV)
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The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

Isaiah 3:14 (KJV)
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The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.

Isaiah 28:14 (KJV)
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Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 45:9 (KJV)
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.

Genesis 41:33 (KJV)
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Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.