14 Bible Verses about Unsuitable Rule

Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths.

But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them.

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people.

Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?