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."
1 Samuel 10:19
but you have this day rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said, 'No. Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands."
1 Samuel 12:12
"When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon 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
When 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 10:18
And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to each other, "What man is he who will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? 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 with the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivers them before me, shall I be your head?"
1 Samuel 8:6-7
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." 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 as they over whom you never bear rule, as those who were not called by your name.
Luke 22:24-27
There arose also a contention among them, which of them was considered to be greatest.
2 Corinthians 1:24
Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.
1 Peter 5:3
neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.