11 Bible Verses about Lording It

is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us?

But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

Jesus summoned them, and said to them, "You know that they who are recognized as rulers over the nations lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.

He said to them, "The kings of the nations lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.'

All this have I seen, and applied my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.

neither as lording it over those entrusted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are fellow workers with you for your joy. For you stand firm in faith.

You haven't strengthened the diseased, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought back that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with rigor you have ruled over them.

And a powerful king shall arise, who shall rule an extensive empire, and do as he pleases.

Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe; and the powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.