Judges 8:23
Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you."
1 Samuel 10:19
But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, 'Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your thousands."
1 Samuel 12:12
And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,'when the LORD your God was your king.
Judges 2:18
Whenever the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them.
Judges 10:18
And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said one to another, "Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead."
Judges 11:9-11
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you bring me home again to fight against the Ammonites, and the LORD gives them over to me, I will be your head."
1 Samuel 8:6-7
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to the LORD.
Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our judge; the LORD is our lawgiver; the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Isaiah 63:19
We have become like those over whom you have never ruled, like those who are not called by your name.
Luke 22:24-27
A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest.
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.
1 Peter 5:3
not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.