100 Bible Verses About Dominion
Bible verses about Dominion
Exploring dominion through scripture reveals our God-given responsibility and privilege to care for creation. It's not about tyrannical control, but a stewardship rooted in love, wisdom, and justice, mirroring God's own benevolent rule. Understanding these verses helps us grasp our role in the divine narrative, empowering us to cultivate the earth and enrich the lives of others. Let these scriptures illuminate your path towards responsible leadership and service, inspiring you to exercise dominion with humility and a deep respect for the inherent value of all life, reflecting God's grace in every action.
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Isaiah 3:6 (KJV)
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
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For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem.
Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel,
The king of Shimron–meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;
Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:
A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal–gad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them.
The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.
The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.
Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.
And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.
For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.
But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.
Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the Lord of hosts mustereth the host of the battle.
With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.
To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.
To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.
And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Now it came to pass, when Adoni–zedek king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.
Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.
My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)
But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth–el, one;
The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.
The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.
Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.
Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.
When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand:
Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the Lord thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive,
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.
And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.
But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the Lord gave unto them.
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.
The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The Lord of hosts is his name.
And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
And they said unto Joshua, Truly the Lord hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:
He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Understanding biblical dominion isn't about oppressive control, but responsible stewardship. The verses highlighted reveal God's initial intention for humanity: to care for and cultivate the Earth as His representatives. Genesis 1:26-28, Psalm 8, and other related scriptures emphasize a delegated authority, not absolute power. This dominion is rooted in love, reflecting God's own character and concern for creation. Reflecting on these verses challenges us to examine how we exercise our influence, whether in personal lives, communities, or globally. Are we pursuing exploitation or preservation? True dominion, as intended by God, calls us to protect the vulnerable, manage resources wisely, and strive for a harmonious relationship with the environment, ultimately glorifying the Creator through our responsible actions. Let's strive to live out this understanding of dominion, becoming faithful stewards of God's beautiful and precious world.