Judges 8:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.

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  • 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 And you have this day rejected your God, who Himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to Him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.
  • 1 Sam 12:12 : 12 And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.
  • Isa 33:22 : 22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
  • Isa 63:19 : 19 We are yours: you never ruled over them; they were not called by your name.
  • Luke 22:24-27 : 24 And there was also a strife among them, as to which of them should be regarded as the greatest. 25 And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and those who exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. 26 But you shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that serves. 27 For which is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? But I am among you as he who serves.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 Neither as being lords over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.
  • Judg 2:18 : 18 And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings due to those who oppressed them and vexed them.
  • Judg 10:18 : 18 And the people and leaders of Gilead said to one another, Who is the man that will begin the fight against the children of Ammon? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
  • Judg 11:9-9 : 9 And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivers them before me, shall I be your head? 10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not do according to your words. 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
  • 1 Sam 8:6-7 : 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD. 7 And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 8:20-22
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    87%

    20And he said to Jether his firstborn, Rise, and kill them. But the youth did not draw his sword: for he was afraid, because he was still a youth.

    21Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks.

    22Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your grandson also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian.

  • Judg 8:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28Thus Midian was subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in peace forty years in the days of Gideon.

    29And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house.

  • Judg 7:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people with him, rose early and camped beside the well of Harod, so the Midianite army was on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

    2And the LORD said to Gideon, The people with you are too many for me to hand the Midianites over to you, lest Israel boast against me, saying, My own hand has saved me.

  • Judg 8:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24And Gideon said to them, I would desire of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

    25And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and each man threw the earrings of his spoil into it.

  • Judg 6:36
    71%

    36And Gideon said unto God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said,

  • 1 Sam 8:17-19
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    70%

    17He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants.

    18And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.

    19Nevertheless, the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,

  • Judg 6:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? But now the LORD has forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

    14And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites. Have I not sent you?

  • Judg 6:22-24
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    70%

    22And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord GOD! for I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face.

    23And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto you; fear not: you shall not die.

    24Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Judg 8:3
    70%

    3God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison to you? Then their anger was pacified toward him when he said that.

  • Judg 7:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14And his friend answered and said, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; for God has delivered Midian and all the army into his hand.

    15And it was so when Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, that he worshipped, and returned to the army of Israel and said, Arise, for the LORD has delivered the Midianite army into your hand.

  • Judg 8:7
    69%

    7And Gideon said, Therefore, when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.

  • Judg 7:7
    69%

    7And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men who lapped I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand; let all the other people go every man to his place.

  • Judg 7:4
    69%

    4And the LORD said to Gideon, The people are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. It shall be that of whom I say to you, This one shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomever I say to you, This one shall not go with you, the same shall not go.

  • Lev 25:43
    69%

    43You shall not rule over him with rigor; but shall fear your God.

  • 1 Sam 8:7
    69%

    7And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.

  • 1 Sam 8:11
    69%

    11And he said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for his own use, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.

  • Isa 3:7
    69%

    7In that day he shall swear, saying, I will not be a healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing; do not make me a ruler of the people.

  • 1 Sam 12:12-13
    2 verses
    68%

    12And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king.

    13Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you.

  • Josh 24:21
    68%

    21And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD.

  • Judg 6:27
    68%

    27Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him. And so it was, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

  • Judg 7:17-18
    2 verses
    67%

    17And he said to them, Look at me, and do likewise. Behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, as I do, so shall you do.

    18When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow your trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD and of Gideon.

  • Judg 8:13
    67%

    13And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up,

  • 1 Sam 8:9
    67%

    9Now therefore listen to their voice: however, you shall solemnly warn them, and show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.

  • Hos 10:3
    67%

    3For now they shall say, 'We have no king, because we did not fear the LORD; what then should a king do for us?'

  • Judg 6:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    10And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you have not obeyed my voice.

    11And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.

  • Lam 5:8
    67%

    8Servants rule over us; there is none to deliver us from their hand.

  • Deut 17:14
    67%

    14When you come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and possess it and dwell in it, and say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations that are around me,'

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    66%

    6And said to the judges, Take heed what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

  • Judg 11:8-9
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    66%

    8And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we return to you now, that you may go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

    9And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivers them before me, shall I be your head?

  • 2 Sam 23:3
    66%

    3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

  • Ps 108:8
    66%

    8Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver;

  • Deut 1:13
    66%

    13Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men among your tribes, and I will make them leaders over you.

  • Deut 1:42
    66%

    42And the LORD said to me, Tell them, Do not go up or fight, because I am not among you; lest you be defeated before your enemies.

  • Judg 5:13
    66%

    13Then He made him who remains have dominion over the nobles among the people; the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

  • Hos 13:10
    66%

    10I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes?