Judges 8:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Gideon said to them,“I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The LORD will rule over you.”

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  • 1 Sam 10:19 : 19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said,“No! Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans.’”
  • 1 Sam 12:12 : 12 “When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me,‘No! A king will rule over us’– even though the LORD your God is your king!
  • Isa 33:22 : 22 For the LORD, our ruler, the LORD, our commander, the LORD, our king– he will deliver us.
  • Isa 63:19 : 19 We existed from ancient times, but you did not rule over them; they were not your subjects.
  • Luke 22:24-27 : 24 A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. 25 So Jesus said to them,“The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called‘benefactors.’ 26 Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves. 27 For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
  • 1 Pet 5:3 : 3 And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.
  • Judg 2:18 : 18 When the LORD raised up leaders for them, the LORD was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The LORD felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them.
  • Judg 10:18 : 18 The leaders of Gilead said to one another,“Who is willing to lead the charge against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!”
  • Judg 11:9-9 : 9 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead,“All right! If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, I will be your leader.” 10 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah,“The LORD will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say.” 11 So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the LORD in Mizpah.
  • 1 Sam 8:6-7 : 6 But this request displeased Samuel, for they said,“Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the LORD. 7 The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Judg 8:20-22
    3 verses
    87%

    20 He ordered Jether his firstborn son,“Come on! Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, because he was still young.

    21 Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon,“Come on, you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength.” So Gideon killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels.

    22 Gideon Rejects a Crown but Makes an Ephod The men of Israel said to Gideon,“Rule over us– you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian’s power.”

  • Judg 8:28-29
    2 verses
    73%

    28 Gideon’s Story Ends The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites’ fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon’s time.

    29 Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down.

  • Judg 7:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1 Gideon Reduces the Ranks Jerub-Baal(that is, Gideon) and his men got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. The Midianites were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

    2 The LORD said to Gideon,“You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag,‘Our own strength has delivered us.’

  • Judg 8:24-25
    2 verses
    72%

    24 Gideon continued,“I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken.”(The Midianites had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)

    25 They said,“We are happy to give you earrings.” So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it.

  • Judg 6:36
    71%

    36 Gideon said to God,“If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof.

  • 1 Sam 8:17-19
    3 verses
    70%

    17 He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants.

    18 In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD won’t answer you in that day.”

    19 But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said,“No! There will be a king over us!

  • Judg 6:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13 Gideon said to him,“Pardon me, but if the LORD is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said,‘Did the LORD not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

    14 Then the LORD himself turned to him and said,“You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?”

  • Judg 6:22-24
    3 verses
    70%

    22 When Gideon realized that it was the LORD’s angel, he said,“Oh no! Sovereign LORD! I have seen the LORD’s angel face to face!”

    23 The LORD said to him,“You are safe! Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!”

    24 Gideon built an altar for the LORD there, and named it“The LORD is on friendly terms with me.” To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

  • Judg 8:3
    70%

    3 It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?” When he said this, they calmed down.

  • Judg 7:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14 The other man said,“Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him.”

    15 Gideon Routs the Enemy When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said,“Get up, for the LORD is handing the Midianite army over to you!”

  • Judg 8:7
    69%

    7 Gideon said,“Since you will not help, after the LORD hands Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will thresh your skin with desert thorns and briers.”

  • Judg 7:7
    69%

    7 The LORD said to Gideon,“With the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver the whole army and I will hand Midian over to you. The rest of the men should go home.”

  • Judg 7:4
    69%

    4 The LORD spoke to Gideon again,“There are still too many men. Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. When I say,‘This one should go with you,’ pick him to go; when I say,‘This one should not go with you,’ do not take him.”

  • Lev 25:43
    69%

    43 You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God.

  • 1 Sam 8:7
    69%

    7 The LORD said to Samuel,“Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

  • 1 Sam 8:11
    69%

    11 He said,“Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.

  • Isa 3:7
    69%

    7 At that time the brother will shout,‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’”

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

    12 “When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me,‘No! A king will rule over us’– even though the LORD your God is your king!

    13 Now look! Here is the king you have chosen– the one that you asked for! Look, the LORD has given you a king!

  • Josh 24:21
    68%

    21 The people said to Joshua,“No! We really will worship the LORD.

  • Judg 6:27
    68%

    27 So Gideon took ten of his servants and did just as the LORD had told him. He was too afraid of his father’s family and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime.

  • Judg 7:17-18
    2 verses
    67%

    17 He said to them,“Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do!

    18 When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say,‘For the LORD and for Gideon!’”

  • Judg 8:13
    67%

    13 Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass of Heres.

  • 1 Sam 8:9
    67%

    9 So now do as they say. But you must warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.”

  • Hos 10:3
    67%

    3 The Lord Will Punish Israel by Removing Its Kings Very soon they will say,“We have no king since we did not fear the LORD. But what can a king do for us anyway?”

  • Judg 6:10-11
    2 verses
    67%

    10 I said to you,“I am the LORD your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!” But you have disobeyed me.’”

    11 Gideon Meets Some Visitors The LORD’s angel came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash’s son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites.

  • Lam 5:8
    67%

    8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power.

  • Deut 17:14
    67%

    14 Provision for Kingship When you come to the land the LORD your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say,“I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me,”

  • 2 Chr 19:6
    66%

    6 He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.

  • Judg 11:8-9
    2 verses
    66%

    8 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah,“That may be true, but now we pledge to you our loyalty. Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader of all who live in Gilead.”

    9 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead,“All right! If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, I will be your leader.”

  • 2 Sam 23:3
    66%

    3 The God of Israel spoke, the protector of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God,

  • Ps 108:8
    66%

    8 Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter.

  • Deut 1:13
    66%

    13 Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders.”

  • Deut 1:42
    66%

    42 But the LORD told me:“Tell them this:‘Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.’”

  • Judg 5:13
    66%

    13 Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the LORD’s people came down to me as warriors.

  • Hos 13:10
    66%

    10 Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying,“Give me a king and princes”?

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