14 Bible Verses about Unsuitable Rule

Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.

By the transgression of a land many are its princes,
But by a man of understanding and knowledge, so it endures.

“Its abundant produce is for the kings
Whom You have set over us because of our sins;
They also rule over our bodies
And over our cattle as they please,
So we are in great distress.

And I will make mere lads their princes,
And capricious children will rule over them,

Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning.

O My people! Their oppressors are children,
And women rule over them.
O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray
And confuse the direction of your paths.

But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet.

I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you.

Then He gave them into the hand of the nations,
And those who hated them ruled over them.

The rich rules over the poor,
And the borrower becomes the lender’s slave.

When a man lays hold of his brother in his father’s house, saying,
“You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler,
And these ruins will be under your charge,”
He will protest on that day, saying,
“I will not be your healer,
For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak;
You should not appoint me ruler of the people.”

Slaves rule over us;
There is no one to deliver us from their hand.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to reign over us.’

“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
And do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.