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…to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,

“Do you intend to reign over us?” his brothers asked. “Will you actually rule us?” So they hated him even more because of his dream and his statements.

Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.

If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.

Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Then the Israelites said to Gideon, “Rule over us—you and your son and grandson—for you have saved us from the hand of Midian.”

But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”

“Please ask all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Is it better for you that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or just one man?’ Remember that I am your own flesh and blood.”

(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.

The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.

Both riches and honor come from You, and You are the ruler over all. In Your hands are power and might to exalt and give strength to all.

…then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’

He reigned over all the kings from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt.

…and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.

And he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,

Its abundant harvest goes to the kings You have set over us because of our sins. And they rule over our bodies and our livestock as they please. We are in great distress.

“Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.

You made him ruler of the works of Your hands; You have placed everything under his feet:

Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.

For dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations.

Consume them in wrath; consume them till they are no more, so it may be known to the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob. Selah

He rules forever by His power; His eyes watch the nations. Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah

You rule the raging sea; when its waves mount up, You still them.

The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.

The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,

He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

The hand of the diligent will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.

Luxury is unseemly for a fool—how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!

The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender.

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people.

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.