'Ruler' in the Bible

So now, you yourselves did not send me here, but God put me here as father to Pharaoh and as master of all his household, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And they spoke to him, saying, "Joseph [is] still alive, and he [is] ruler over all the land of Egypt." And his heart {went numb}, because he did not believe him.

Is it too little that you have brought us from a land that flows with milk and honey to kill us in the desert, and that you also appoint yourself as a ruler over us?

And he selected [the] best [part] for himself, for there [the] portion of a ruler [is] included, and he came [with the] heads of [the] people; he did the righteousness of Yahweh, and his regulations for Israel."

[The] king sent and he freed him; [the] ruler of [the] peoples [sent] and let him loose.

He made him lord of his house and ruler of all his possessions,

It has no chief, officer, or ruler.

{Fine speech} [is] not becoming a fool, {still less} [is] {false speech} for a ruler.

When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what [is] before you,

{With patience} a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.

[Like] a roaring lion and a charging bear [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor, [but] those who hate unjust gain will have long days.

A ruler listening to a word of falsehood, all his officials are wicked.

Many are those who seek the {favor} of a ruler, but from Yahweh {one obtains justice}.

The words of the wise are heard in peace [more] than the shouting of a ruler [is heard] among the fools.

If the anger of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness can undo great offenses.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!

Send a ram [to the] ruler [of the] land, from Sela [across the] desert to the mountain of {daughter Zion}.

And their noble will be from them, and their ruler will come out from their midst. And I will bring him near and he will approach me. For who [is] he that would pledge his heart to approach me?' {declares} Yahweh.

Now {so that you are not fainthearted}, and you are afraid at the rumors that are heard in the land-- and in the year the rumor comes, and in the year after it the rumor, and violence [is] in the land, with ruler against ruler--

and [also] {human beings wherever they dwell}, the animals of the field and the birds of heaven--he has given into your hand and made you ruler over all of them--you are the head of gold.

Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and the chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel [with] purple and [placed] a necklace of gold around his neck, and they made a proclamation concerning him that he would be [the] third ruler [in authority] in the kingdom.

And I will cut off [the] ruler from its midst and I will kill all of its officials with him," says Yahweh.

Now muster troops, O daughter of troops; a siege he puts against us. They strike the ruler of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, [too] small to be among the clans of Judah, from you one will go out for me, to be ruler in Israel; and his origins [are] from of old, from ancient days.

You make humankind like fish of the sea, like crawling creatures that have no ruler among them.

From them [the] cornerstone will go out, from them [the] tent peg, from them [the] battle bow, from them every ruler, [all] together.