Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

But you choose ¹  from the people capable men, ²  God-fearing, ³  men of truth, ⁴  those who hate bribes, ⁵  and put them over the people ⁶  as rulers ⁷  of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

So now, you kings, do what is wise; ¹  you rulers of the earth, submit to correction! ² 

Yet you will die like mortals; ¹  you will fall like all the other rulers.” ² 

Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, ¹  and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna, ² 

Cruel rulers ¹  are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws. ² 

Though rulers plot and slander me, ¹  your servant meditates on your statutes.

Do not crave that ruler’s ¹  delicacies, for ²  that food is deceptive. ³ 

Wisdom gives a wise person more protection ¹  than ten rulers in a city.

The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

Then ¹  Pilate called together the chief priests, the ²  rulers, and the people,

None of the rulers ¹  or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? ² 

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus ¹  before and who was one of the rulers, ²  said, ³ 

And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, ¹  as your rulers did too.

On the next day, ¹  their rulers, elders, and experts in the law ²  came together ³  in Jerusalem. ⁴ 

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, ¹  replied, ²  “Rulers of the people and elders, ³ 

For our struggle ¹  is not against flesh and blood, ²  but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, ³  against the spiritual forces ⁴  of evil in the heavens. ⁵ 

So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: “I am very old.

The kings of the earth ¹  form a united front; ²  the rulers collaborate ³  against the Lord and his anointed king. ⁴ 

The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis ¹  are misled; the rulers ²  of her tribes lead Egypt astray.