'Rule' in the Bible

And God made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, and the stars.

and to rule during the day and during the night, and to divide between the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, and he shall rule over thee.

If thou doest well, will not thy countenance look up with confidence? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

And his brethren said to him, Wilt thou indeed be a king over us? wilt thou indeed rule over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams and for his words.

Thou shalt not rule over him with rigour; and thou shalt fear thy God.

And ye shall leave them as an inheritance to your children after you, to inherit them as a possession: these may ye make your bondmen for ever; but as for your brethren, the children of Israel, ye shall not rule over one another with rigour.

As a hired servant shall he be with him year by year; his master shall not rule with rigour over him before thine eyes.

For Jehovah thy God will bless thee, as he promised thee; and thou shalt lend on pledge to many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over thee.

Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, you and your son and your grandson also; for you have delivered us out of the hand of Mid'ian."

Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the LORD will rule over you."

"Say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubba'al rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."

And as Samuel saw Saul, Jehovah answered him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to thee! this man shall rule over my people.

then will I establish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to rule over Israel.

But the former governors that were before me had been chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver: even their servants bore rule over the people. But I did not so, because of the fear of God.

And he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, That every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? dost thou determine their rule over the earth?

Thou hast made him to rule over the works of thy hands; thou hast put everything under his feet:

Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.

The sun for rule over the day, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,

The moon and stars for rule over the night, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:

by me princes rule, and nobles, all the judges of the earth.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.

A wise servant shall rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

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

He that hath no rule over his own spirit is as a city broken down, without walls.

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

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

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.

And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.

And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord, and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

Behold, the Lord Jehovah will come with might, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompence before him.

and now, what have I here, saith Jehovah, that my people hath been taken away for nought? They that rule over them make them to howl, saith Jehovah; and continually all the day is my name scorned.

We have become like those over whom thou never barest rule, those not called by thy name.

the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?

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

And it had strong rods for sceptres of them that bear rule, and its stature was exalted between the thick boughs; and it was conspicuous by its height with the multitude of its branches.

It shall be the basest of kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; and I will diminish them, so that they shall no more rule over the nations.

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; then another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.

And whereas it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree; thy kingdom shall remain unto thee, after that thou shalt know that the heavens do rule.

And a mighty king shall stand up that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

And he will practise in the strongholds of fortresses with a strange +god: whoso acknowledgeth him will he increase with glory; and he shall cause them to rule over the many, and shall divide the land to them for a reward.

even he shall build the temple of Jehovah; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

But Jesus having called them to him, says to them, Ye know that those who are esteemed to rule over the nations exercise lordship over them; and their great men exercise authority over them;

And he said to them, The kings of the nations rule over them, and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors.

For to this end Christ has died and lived again, that he might rule over both dead and living.

And again, Esaias says, There shall be the root of Jesse, and one that arises, to rule over the nations: in him shall the nations hope.

Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him who is God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power.

Not that we rule over your faith, but are fellow-workmen of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

Now we will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.

not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly

to announce the glad tidings to that which is beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.

And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace upon them and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.

I will therefore that the younger marry, bear children, rule the house, give no occasion to the adversary in respect of reproach.

Put them in mind to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient to rule, to be ready to do every good work,