14 Bible Verses about Unsuitable Rule
Most Relevant Verses
Delight is not the custom of a fool much less for a servant to rule over princes.
There are many princes after the transgression of a land. But a man of understanding and knowledge remains for a long time.
And it gives much increase to the kings whom you have put over us because of our sins. They have power over our bodies and over our cattle at their pleasure, and we are in great trouble.
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and your princes eat in the morning!
Children oppress my people! Women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray. They confuse the direction of your paths.
I do not permit a woman to teach or have dominion over a man, but to remain quiet.
I will condemn you so that you will go down in defeat in front of your enemies. Those who hate you will be your rulers. You will run away even when no one is chasing you.
He handed them over to other nations, and those who hated them ruled them.
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
A person will grab one of his relatives from his father's family and say: You have a coat. You will be our leader. This pile of ruins will be under your control. Then the relative will cry out: I am not a healer! I do not have any food or a coat in my home. Do not make me a leader of the people.
Servants rule over us, and there is no one to free us from their hands.
His citizens hated him. They sent a spokesman to him saying we do not want this man to rule 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.
