| Joshua 13:3 | (from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim, |
| Judges 15:11 | Then 3000 men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so have I done to them.” |
| 2 Kings 10:1 | Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of the city, to the elders, and to the guardians of the sons of Ahab, saying, |
| 1 Chronicles 12:19 | Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. (Yet he did not help them, for the rulers of the Philistines took counsel and sent him away, saying, “At peril to our heads he will desert to his master Saul.”) |
| 1 Chronicles 26:6 | Also to his son Shemaiah were sons born who were rulers in their fathers' houses, for they were men of great ability. |
| Psalms 2:2 | The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying, |
| Psalms 2:10 | Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth. |
| Psalms 94:20 | Can wicked rulers be allied with you, those who frame injustice by statute? |
| Psalms 148:11 | Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth! |
| Proverbs 8:15 | By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just; |
| Proverbs 28:2 | When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue. |
| Proverbs 31:4 | It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, |
| Ecclesiastes 7:19 | Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city. |
| Isaiah 1:10 | Hear the word of the Lord , you rulers of Sodom! Give ear to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! |
| Isaiah 14:5 | The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers, |
| Isaiah 40:23 | who brings princes to nothing, and makes the rulers of the earth as emptiness. |
| Isaiah 41:25 | I stirred up one from the north, and he has come, from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name; he shall trample on rulers as on mortar, as the potter treads clay. |
| Isaiah 49:7 | Thus says the Lord , the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord , who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.” |
| Isaiah 52:5 | Now therefore what have I here,” declares the Lord , “seeing that my people are taken away for nothing? Their rulers wail,” declares the Lord , “and continually all the day my name is despised. |
| Lamentations 2:2 | The Lord has swallowed up without mercy all the habitations of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonor the kingdom and its rulers. |
| Daniel 9:12 | He has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us and against our rulers who ruled us, by bringing upon us a great calamity. For under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what has been done against Jerusalem. |
| Daniel 11:39 | He shall deal with the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall load with honor. He shall make them rulers over many and shall divide the land for a price. |
| Hosea 4:18 | When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers dearly love shame. |
| Hosea 7:7 | All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen, and none of them calls upon me. |
| Hosea 13:10 | Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers— those of whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”? |
| Micah 3:1 | And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?— |
| Micah 3:9 | Hear this, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who detest justice and make crooked all that is straight, |
| Habakkuk 1:10 | At kings they scoff, and at rulers they laugh. They laugh at every fortress, for they pile up earth and take it. |
| Matthew 2:6 | “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.’” |
| Matthew 20:25 | But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. |
| Mark 5:22 | Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet |
| Mark 10:42 | And Jesus called them to him and said to them, “You know that those who are considered rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. |
| Luke 12:11 | And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, |
| Luke 23:13 | Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, |
| Luke 23:35 | And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!” |
| Luke 24:20 | and how our chief priests and rulers delivered him up to be condemned to death, and crucified him. |
| Acts 3:17 | “And now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did also your rulers. |
| Acts 4:5 | On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, |
| Acts 4:8 | Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders, |
| Acts 4:26 | The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed’ — |
| Acts 13:15 | After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.” |
| Acts 13:27 | For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him. |
| Acts 14:5 | When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them, |
| Acts 16:19 | But when her owners saw that their hope of gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. |
| Romans 8:38 | For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, |
| Romans 13:3 | For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, |
| 1 Corinthians 2:6 | Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:8 | None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. |
| Ephesians 3:10 | so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. |
| Ephesians 6:12 | For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. |
| Colossians 1:16 | For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. |
| Colossians 2:15 | He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. |
| Titus 3:1 | Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, |