Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'rule' occurs 95 times in the standard works.

21 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'rule' in the standard works and contain 22.1% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 8 minutes to read the entire list.

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Judg. 8:22-23 (4 in 2 verses)

 8:22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

 8:23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.




Moses 2:16-18 (4 in 3 verses)

Abr. 3:5-6 (3 in 2 verses)

Abr. 4:16-17 (3 in 2 verses)

Gen. 1:16-18 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Ne. 5:3 (2 in 1 verse)

Ps. 136:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 50 147 197
Gen. 5 6 11
Ex. 0 12 12
Lev. 3 1 4
Num. 0 1 1
Deut. 0 1 1
Josh. 0 1 1
Judg. 4 2 6
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 0 5 5
1 Kgs. 2 4 6
2 Kgs. 0 4 4
1 Chr. 0 14 14
2 Chr. 1 10 11
Ezra 0 3 3
Neh. 1 21 22
Esth. 2 3 5
Ps. 3 9 12
Prov. 6 7 13
Eccl. 1 4 5
Isa. 11 9 20
Jer. 1 6 7
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 4 4 8
Dan. 4 13 17
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 1 0 1
Micah 0 1 1
Hab. 0 1 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 16 46 62
BM 13 29 42
DC 3 22 25
PGP 13 4 17
TOTAL 95 248 343

Judg. 8:22
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.

Judg. 8:23
And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord shall rule over you.

Judg. 9:30
And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

Judg. 15:11
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.