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 66:16 (KJV)

For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

Dominion: Bible Verses on Authority & Responsibility

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.

Numbers 21:26KJV

The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

Psalms 110:2KJV

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.

Psalms 89:19KJV

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.

Nehemiah 9:37KJV

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.

1 Kings 2:11KJV

Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.

Psalms 89:42KJV

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,

2 Samuel 21:5KJV

The king of Shimron–meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

Joshua 12:20KJV

Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl:

Psalms 148:10KJV

A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;

Proverbs 30:30KJV

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.

Numbers 31:9KJV

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.

Joshua 11:17KJV

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Job 4:10KJV

And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.

Judges 15:8KJV

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the Lord is upon many waters.

Psalms 29:3KJV

Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

Psalms 147:5KJV

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.

2 Samuel 7:26KJV

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.

Joshua 23:9KJV

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.

Genesis 9:2KJV

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

Psalms 44:5KJV

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;

Deuteronomy 11:8KJV

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.

Job 37:12KJV

But the Lord shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment.

Psalms 9:7KJV

Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.

Psalms 135:6KJV

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.

Isaiah 31:9KJV

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

Psalms 44:2KJV

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.

Isaiah 13:4KJV

With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.

Psalms 89:21KJV

For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many.

Isaiah 66:16KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 4:38KJV

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.

Psalms 68:33KJV

And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies.

Psalms 105:24KJV

And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

Exodus 14:7KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 20:11KJV

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.

Isaiah 22:22KJV

Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.

2 Samuel 22:46KJV

Then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves.

Deuteronomy 11:23KJV

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;

Joshua 10:1KJV

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 41:41KJV

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

Deuteronomy 28:50KJV

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:6KJV

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.

Isaiah 63:1KJV

But I am the Lord thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The Lord of hosts is his name.

Isaiah 51:15KJV

Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds.

Psalms 68:34KJV

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.

Psalms 144:2KJV

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

Psalms 149:8KJV

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.

Joshua 17:18KJV

For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.

Job 23:14KJV

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.

Genesis 28:14KJV

The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

Joshua 12:22KJV

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.

Ecclesiastes 6:10KJV

(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:)

1 Kings 11:16KJV

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.

Judges 1:35KJV

The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

Proverbs 22:7KJV

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.

Numbers 24:9KJV

The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

Psalms 110:5KJV

The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Beth–el, one;

Joshua 12:9KJV

The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Psalms 24:1KJV

Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took.

Deuteronomy 2:35KJV

The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

Psalms 29:4KJV

Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.

Job 25:2KJV

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;

Deuteronomy 4:47KJV

Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.

Genesis 49:27KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 7:24KJV

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

Isaiah 14:18KJV

King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.

Song of Solomon 3:9KJV

For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods.

Psalms 135:5KJV

Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield.

Psalms 59:11KJV

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:

Isaiah 3:6KJV

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.

Isaiah 60:5KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 3:21KJV

I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

2 Samuel 22:38KJV

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.

Isaiah 63:6KJV

So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.

Judges 3:14KJV

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,

Deuteronomy 21:10KJV

The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

Isaiah 41:5KJV

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.

Esther 9:3KJV

He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.

Job 40:19KJV

Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.

Psalms 119:133KJV

There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.

Psalms 104:26KJV

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:

Deuteronomy 28:13KJV

And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

Judges 3:17KJV

And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name.

Numbers 32:42KJV

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.

Isaiah 11:14KJV

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.

Deuteronomy 2:12KJV

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.

1 Samuel 17:9KJV

Moreover the Lord thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed.

Deuteronomy 7:20KJV

The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

Psalms 97:1KJV

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.

Jeremiah 10:16KJV

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.

1 Kings 4:21KJV

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.

Isaiah 37:16KJV

For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

Psalms 47:2KJV

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.

2 Samuel 8:6KJV

He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.

Psalms 18:9KJV

Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.

Psalms 72:11KJV

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.

Joshua 2:24KJV

And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

Judges 1:34KJV

He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.

Psalms 105:7KJV

For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

Psalms 95:3KJV

The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

Psalms 89:12KJV

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.