We have dominion on the Earth! Given by God to mankind from the beginning (Genesis 1), our dominion is not to rule over other people; but instead, we are meant to have authority over every situation—physical, financial, emotional and spiritual. Most Christians do not boldly take their place in a position of dominion because it is little-preached or -studied. (See more about financial dominion HERE.)
When you develop a deeper understanding of dominion, you’ll build the confidence you need to operate in it every day, in every area of your life. Here, we’ve provided 15 scriptures about dominion to get you started.
All scriptures are taken from the New King James Version, unless otherwise noted.
1. Genesis 1:26 (NLT)
Then God said, “Let us make human beings in our image, to be like us. They will reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the livestock, all the wild animals on the earth, and the small animals that scurry along the ground.”
2. Genesis 1:28 (KJV)
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
3. Genesis 27:40 (KJV)
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
4. Judges 5:13 (KJV)
Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
5. Job 25:2
Dominion and fear belong to Him; He makes peace in His high places.
6. Psalm 8:6
You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet.
7. Psalm 19:13
Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me.
8. Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall be consumed in the grave, far from their dwelling.
9. Psalm 72:8
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
10. Psalm 119:133
Direct my steps by Your word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me.
11. Luke 10:19 (ESV)
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
12. Romans 6:9
Knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.
13. Romans 6:14
For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.
14. Ephesians 1:17-21
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
15. 1 Peter 5:11 (KJV)
To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
When you study these 15 scriptures about dominion, let the dominion and authority that belongs to you in Christ Jesus become a revelation on the inside of you. Believe it and use it in every situation. You never have to be a victim again.
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