They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them.

Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.

But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”

They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly.

Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out.

Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.

Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes.

and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations.”

But some of them said, “By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons.”

Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,

Send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the hill of Daughter Zion.

I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said,

But the man who was unfairly hurting his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?

If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses.

None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.