11 Bible Verses about Lording It

Is it not enough that you brought us out of a land flowing with milk and honey only to kill us in the desert? Do you also have to order us around?

Jesus called them to himself and said: You know that the rulers of the nations exercise absolute dominion over them. They lord it over them and behave like tyrants.

Jesus called them together and said: You know that those who rule over the nations lord it over them. Their great ones exercise authority over them.

He told them: The kings of the nations have lordship over them. Those who have authority over them are called Benefactors.

I have seen all this and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time when one man rules over another to his own misery and harm.

Do not lord it over your charge, but make yourselves examples to the flock.

We do not control your faith. We are fellow workers for your joy: for you stand fast in faith.

You have not strengthened those that were weak, healed those who were sick, or bandaged those who were injured. You have not brought back those who strayed away or looked for those who were lost. You have ruled them harshly and violently.

A mighty king will stand up and rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

They diligently seek to do evil with their hands. The prince asks and the judge is ready for a bribe. The great man utters his own evil desire. They weave it together.