Judges 8:23
And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you. LORD shall rule over you.
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Judges 2:18And when LORD raised up judges for them, then LORD was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For LORD regretted because of their groaning because of those who oppressed them and
Judges 11:9And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the sons of Ammon, and LORD delivers them before me, shall I be your head?
1 Samuel 10:19but ye have this day rejected your God who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses, and ye have said to him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before LORD by your tribes, and by y
Isaiah 33:22For LORD is our judge. LORD is our lawgiver. LORD is our king, he will save us.
Luke 22:24And also a dispute develop among them, which of them is considered to be greater.
1 Peter 5:3nor as domineering over the lots, but becoming examples of the flock.
Matthew Henry on Judges 8:23-29
Gideon Declines the Proffered Crown. ( b. c. 1249.) 22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you. 24 And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were… Read the whole commentary →