Judges 8:23
Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you."
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Judges 2:18When the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and saved them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it grieved the Lord because of their groaning by reason of those who oppressed them and troubled them.
Judges 11:9Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them before me, shall I be your head?"
1 Samuel 10:19but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, 'No! Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands."
Isaiah 33:22For the Lord is our judge.The Lord is our lawgiver.The Lord is our king.He will save us.
Luke 22:24There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
1 Peter 5:3neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to 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 →