Proverbs 12:24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. 

‘The hand of the diligent shall bear rule.’ Three examples of the diligent ruling: are Eleazar (Gen. 24:2, 10); Joseph (Gen. 39:4, 22) and Jeroboam (1Kin. 11:28).

Eliezer of Damascus (Gen. 15:2). He was Abraham’s head servant. Abraham predicted God’s angel would go before Eliezer to get a wife for Isaac. It was fulfilled as in Genesis 24:12-67.

Joseph’s master in Egypt saw that the Lord was with him and the LORD made all that Joseph did to prosper in his hand. Joseph found grace in his master’s sight, and he served him: and made him overseer over his house. After Joseph was jailed he found favour in the sight of the the keeper of the prison. Joseph had absolute power over his new realm, including all the prisoners and all that was done in the prison. He later became the second in command over Egypt and the head of Israel, just as his dreams predicted.

God rented the ten tribes from the house of David and gave them to Jeroboam to rule over (1Kin. 11:29-39).