14 Bible Verses about Unsuitable Rule

Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

By the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; but by a man of understanding and of knowledge, its stability is prolonged.

And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

And I will appoint youths as their princes, and children shall rule over them.

Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. My people! they that guide thee mislead thee, and destroy the way of thy paths.

but I do not suffer a woman to teach nor to exercise authority over man, but to be in quietness;

And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies; they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

And he gave them into the hand of the nations; and they that hated them ruled over them:

The rich ruleth over the poor; and the borrower is servant to the lender.

When a man shall take hold of his brother, in his father's house, and shall say: Thou hast clothing; be our chief, and let this ruin be under thy hand; he will lift up his hand in that day, saying, I cannot be a healer, and in my house there is neither bread nor clothing; ye shall not make me a chief of the people.

Bondmen rule over us: there is no deliverer out of their hand.

But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us.

Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.