Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Rulers’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Rulers’ occurs 70 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 13:2 “Send men, who may examine the land of Canaan, which I will give to the sons of Israel, one from the rulers of each tribe.”Numbers 13:2
Number of the word / term Rulers in Numbers: 1
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:13 Offer, from among you, wise and experienced men, those whose conversation has been proven within your tribes, so that I may appoint them as your rulers.’Deuteronomy 1:13
Deuteronomy 1:15 And so, I took from your tribes men, wise and noble, and I appointed them as rulers, as tribunes and centurions, and as leaders over fifty and over ten, who would teach you each thing.Deuteronomy 1:15
Number of the word / term Rulers in Deuteronomy: 2
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Joshua
Joshua 13:3 from the muddy river, which irrigates Egypt, as far as the border of Ekron toward the north, the land of Canaan, which is divided among the rulers of Philistia: the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gathites, and the Ekronites;Joshua 13:3
Joshua 21:1 And the leaders of the families of Levi approached Eleazar, the priest, and Joshua, the son of Nun, and the rulers of the extended families of each of the tribes of the sons of Israel.Joshua 21:1
Joshua 23:2 Joshua called all of Israel, and those greater by birth, and the leaders and rulers and teachers, and he said to them: “I am elderly and advanced in age.Joshua 23:2
Number of the word / term Rulers in Joshua: 3
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 8:1 Then all those greater by birth of Israel, with the leaders of the tribes and the rulers of the families of the sons of Israel, gathered together before king Solomon at Jerusalem, so that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, from the city of David, that is, from Zion.1 Kings 8:1
1 Kings 10:15 aside from what was brought to him by the men who were over the tributes, and by the merchants, and by those selling every kind of small item, and by all the kings of Arabia, and by the rulers of the land.1 Kings 10:15
1 Kings 21:9 And this was the judgment of the letters: “Proclaim a fast, and cause Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.1 Kings 21:9
1 Kings 21:12 They proclaimed a fast, and they caused Naboth to sit among the first rulers of the people.1 Kings 21:12
Number of the word / term Rulers in 1 Kings: 4
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book 1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 7:40 All these were sons of Asher, the leaders of families, elect and very strong rulers among rulers. And the number of those who were of an age that was fit for warfare was twenty-six thousand.1 Chronicles 7:40
1 Chronicles 26:6 Now to his son Shemaiah, there were born sons, rulers of their families. For they were very strong men.1 Chronicles 26:6
1 Chronicles 28:1 And so David called together all the leaders of Israel, the rulers of the tribes, and those in charge of the companies, who were ministering to the king, and also the tribunes and centurions, and those in charge of the substance and possessions of the king, and his sons, with the eunuchs and the powerful and those most experienced in the army, at Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 28:1
1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O Lord, is magnificence and power and glory, and also victory; and to you is praise. For all the things that are in heaven and on earth are yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are above all rulers.1 Chronicles 29:11
Number of the word / term Rulers in 1 Chronicles: 4
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles 1:2 And Solomon instructed the whole of Israel, the tribunes, and the centurions, and the rulers, and the judges over all of Israel, and the leaders of the families.2 Chronicles 1:2
2 Chronicles 8:9 But he did not appoint anyone from the sons of Israel to serve in the works of the king. For they were men of war, and first rulers, and commanders of his chariots and horsemen.2 Chronicles 8:9
2 Chronicles 11:11 And when he had enclosed them with walls, he placed in them rulers, and storehouses of provisions, that is, of oil and wine.2 Chronicles 11:11
2 Chronicles 29:30 And Hezekiah and the rulers instructed the Levites to praise the Lord with the words of David, and of Asaph, the seer. And they praised him with great joy, and kneeling down, they adored.2 Chronicles 29:30
2 Chronicles 30:2 Therefore, having taken counsel, the king and the rulers, and the entire assembly of Jerusalem, resolved that they would keep the Passover, in the second month.2 Chronicles 30:2
2 Chronicles 30:6 And carriers traveled with the letters, by order of the king and his rulers, to all of Israel and Judah, proclaiming, in accord with what the king had ordered: “O sons of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, and Isaac, and Israel. And he will return to the remnant who escaped from the hand of the king of the Assyrians.2 Chronicles 30:6
2 Chronicles 30:12 Truly, the hand of God was working in Judah, to give them one heart, so that they would accomplish the word of the Lord, according to the precept of the king and of the rulers.2 Chronicles 30:12
2 Chronicles 30:24 For Hezekiah, the king of Judah, had offered to the multitude one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep. Truly, the rulers had given the people one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. Then a great mulititude of priests was sanctified.2 Chronicles 30:24
2 Chronicles 31:8 And when Hezekiah and his rulers had entered, they saw the stacks, and they blessed the Lord and the people of Israel.2 Chronicles 31:8
2 Chronicles 32:3 he took counsel with the rulers and with the most valiant men, so that they might obstruct the heads of the springs which were beyond the city. And with everyone discerning the same judgment about this,2 Chronicles 32:3
2 Chronicles 35:8 Also, his rulers offered what they had vowed freely, as much for the people as for the priests and Levites. Moreover, Hilkiah, and Zechariah, and Jehiel, rulers of the house of the Lord, gave to the priests, in order to observe the Passover, two thousand six hundred small cattle, and three hundred oxen.2 Chronicles 35:8
2 Chronicles 35:9 And Conaniah, with Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, indeed also Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, rulers of the Levites, gave to the rest of the Levites, in order to celebrate the Passover, five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen.2 Chronicles 35:9
2 Chronicles 36:18 And all the vessels of the house of Lord, as much the greater as the lesser, and the treasures of the temple, and of the king and the rulers, he carried away to Babylon.2 Chronicles 36:18
Number of the word / term Rulers in 2 Chronicles: 13
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 4:9 “Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, and the rest of their counselors, the judges, and rulers, the officials, those from Persia, from Erech, from Babylonia, from Susa, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,Ezra 4:9
Ezra 5:6 A copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the river, and Shetharbozenai, and his counselors, the rulers who were beyond the river, sent to Darius the king.Ezra 5:6
Ezra 6:6 Now therefore, let Tattenai, the governor of the region which is beyond the river, Shetharbozenai, and your counselors, the rulers who are beyond the river, withdraw far away from them,Ezra 6:6
Ezra 8:29 Watch and guard them, until you weigh them out before the leaders of the priests and the Levites, and the rulers of the families of Israel in Jerusalem, into the treasury of the house of the Lord.”Ezra 8:29
Ezra 8:36 Then they gave the edicts of the king to the rulers who served in the sight of the king, and to the governors beyond the river, and they exalted the people and the house of God.Ezra 8:36
Number of the word / term Rulers in Ezra: 5
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Esther
Esther 1:3 And so, in the third year of his reign, he made a great feast for all the leaders and his servants, for the most powerful among the Persians and the distinguished among the Medes, and for the rulers of the provinces before him,Esther 1:3
Esther 1:14 (but first and foremost were Carshena, and Shethar, and Admatha, and Tarshish, and Meres, and Marsena, and Memucan, seven rulers of the Persians as well as the Medes, who saw the face of the king and who were accustomed to sitting down first after him,)Esther 1:14
Esther 1:16 And Memucan answered, in the hearing of the king as well as the rulers, “Queen Vashti has wounded not only the king, but also all the people and the leaders, who are in all the provinces of king Artaxerxes.Esther 1:16
Esther 1:21 His counsel pleased the king and the rulers, and the king acted according to the counsel of Memucan,Esther 1:21
Esther 1:22 and he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, so that every nation was able to hear and to read, in various languages and letters, that husbands are to be the greater rulers in their own houses, and that this should be published to every people.Esther 1:22
Esther 2:18 And he ordered a magnificent feast to be prepared for all the rulers, and for his servants, because of the union and wedding of Esther. And he gave a holiday to all the provinces, and he bestowed gifts befitting of princely generosity.Esther 2:18
Esther 3:1 After this, king Artaxerxes exalted Haman, the son of Hammedatha, who was of Agag lineage, and he set his throne above all the rulers whom he had.Esther 3:1
Esther 5:11 And he explained to them the greatness of his riches, and the influence of his sons, and how, with such glory, the king had elevated him above all his rulers and servants.Esther 5:11
Esther 6:9 And let the first of the king’s rulers and sovereigns hold his horse, and, as they advance through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say, ‘Thus shall he be honored, whom the king decides to honor.’ ”Esther 6:9
Esther 9:3 For even the judges of the provinces, and the rulers, and the procurators, and everyone of dignity, who presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mordecai.Esther 9:3
Number of the word / term Rulers in Esther: 10
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 106:41 And he delivered them into the hands of the nations. And those who hated them became rulers over them.Psalm 106:41
Number of the word / term Rulers in Psalm: 1
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 13:2 Over the foggy mountain lift up a sign! Raise the voice, lift up the hand, and let the rulers enter through the gates!Isaiah 13:2
Isaiah 32:8 Yet truly, the prince will plan things that are worthy of a prince, and he will stand above the rulers.Isaiah 32:8
Number of the word / term Rulers in Isaiah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 34:9 that each one should release his man servant, and each one his woman servant, as a free Hebrew man and a free Hebrew woman, and that they should never be rulers over them, that is, over the Jews, their own brothers.Jeremiah 34:9
Jeremiah 38:17 And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah: “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If, having set out, you go to the rulers of the king of Babylon, your soul will live, and this city will not be burned with fire. And you and your house will be safe.Jeremiah 38:17
Jeremiah 38:18 But if you will not go to the rulers of the king of Babylon, this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire. And you will not escape from their hand.”Jeremiah 38:18
Jeremiah 38:22 Behold, all the women who remain in the house of the king of Judah will be led away to the rulers of the king of Babylon. And the women will say: ‘Your men of peacefulness have led you astray, and they have prevailed against you. They have immersed your feet in mud and have set them in a slippery place. And they have withdrawn from you.’Jeremiah 38:22
Jeremiah 39:3 And all the rulers of the king of Babylon entered and were seated at the middle gate: Nergal-Sharezer, the priest of Nebo, Sarsechim, the chief eunuch, Nergal-Sharezer, the chief magi, and all the other rulers of the king of Babylon.Jeremiah 39:3
Jeremiah 50:21 Ascend against the land of the rulers, and visit against its inhabitants! Scatter and destroy whatever has been left behind them, says the Lord, and act according to all that I have instructed you.Jeremiah 50:21
Jeremiah 51:57 “And I will inebriate her leaders, and her wise ones, and her military rulers, and her civil rulers, and her strong ones. And they will sleep an everlasting sleep, and they will not awaken,” says the King: the Lord of hosts is his name.Jeremiah 51:57
Number of the word / term Rulers in Jeremiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 5:8 Servants have become rulers over us. There was no one to redeem us from their hand.Lamentations 5:8
Number of the word / term Rulers in Lamentations: 1
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 19:11 And her strong branches were made into scepters for the rulers, and her stature was exalted among the branches. And she saw her own loftiness among the multitude of her branches.Ezekiel 19:11
Ezekiel 19:14 And a fire has gone forth from a rod of her branches, which has consumed her fruit. And there is no strong branch in her to become a scepter for the rulers. This is a lamentation, and it shall be a lamentation.”Ezekiel 19:14
Ezekiel 23:6 who were clothed with hyacinth: rulers and magistrates, passionate youths and all of the horsemen, mounted on horses.Ezekiel 23:6
Ezekiel 23:12 She shamelessly offered herself to the sons of the Assyrians, to the rulers and magistrates who brought themselves to her clothed with colorful garments, to the horsemen who were carried by horses, and to the youths, all of them exceptional in appearance.Ezekiel 23:12
Ezekiel 23:15 with belts wrapped around the waist, and with dyed headdresses on their heads, having seen the appearance of all the rulers, the likenesses of the sons of Babylon and of the land of the Chaldeans in which they were born,Ezekiel 23:15
Ezekiel 23:23 the sons of Babylon, and all the Chaldeans, the nobles, the sovereigns and princes, all the sons of the Assyrians, youths of exceptional form, all the rulers and magistrates, the leaders among leaders, and the renowned riders of horses.Ezekiel 23:23
Number of the word / term Rulers in Ezekiel: 6
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 1:10 And concerning kings, he will triumph, and sovereign rulers will be his laughingstock, and he will laugh over every fortress, and he will transport a rampart and seize it.Habakkuk 1:10
Number of the word / term Rulers in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 10:18 And you shall be led before both rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.Matthew 10:18
Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them to himself and said: “You know that the first ones among the Gentiles are their rulers, and that those who are greater exercise power among them.Matthew 20:25
Number of the word / term Rulers in Matthew: 2
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Mark
Mark 5:22 And one of the rulers of the synagogue, named Jairus, approached. And seeing him, he fell prostrate at his feet.Mark 5:22
Mark 6:21 And when an opportune time had arrived, Herod held a feast on his birthday, with the leaders, and the tribunes, and the first rulers of Galilee.Mark 6:21
Number of the word / term Rulers in Mark: 2
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Acts
Acts 13:27 For those who were living in Jerusalem, and its rulers, heeding neither him, nor the voices of the Prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled these by judging him.Acts 13:27
Acts 16:19 But her masters, seeing that the hope of their profit went away, apprehended Paul and Silas, and they brought them to the rulers at the courthouse.Acts 16:19
Acts 17:6 And when they had not found them, they dragged Jason and certain brothers to the rulers of the city, crying out: “For these are the ones who have stirred up the city. And they came here,Acts 17:6
Acts 17:8 And they incited the people. And the rulers of the city, upon hearing these things,Acts 17:8
Number of the word / term Rulers in Acts: 4
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Titus
Titus 3:1 Admonish them to be subordinate to the rulers and authorities, to obey their dictates, to be prepared for every good work,Titus 3:1
Number of the word / term Rulers in Titus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Rulers’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the rulers, and the military leaders, and the wealthy, and the strong, and everyone, servant and free, hid themselves in caves and among the rocks of the mountains.Revelation 6:15
Number of the word / term ‘Rulers’ in Revelation: 1
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Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 70
