2 Chronicles 19:6

American Standard Version (1901)

and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and [he is] with you in the judgment.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:17 : 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.
  • Josh 22:5 : 5 Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  • 1 Chr 28:10 : 10 Take heed now; for Jehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
  • Ps 82:1-6 : 1 [A Psalm of Asaph]. God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods. 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, And respect the persons of the wicked? {{Selah 3 Judge the poor and fatherless: Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. 4 Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. 5 They know not, neither do they understand; They walk to and fro in darkness: All the foundations of the earth are shaken. 6 I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
  • Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not led astray: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am [he] ; and, The time is at hand: go ye not after them.
  • Acts 5:35 : 35 And he said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves as touching these men, what ye are about to do.
  • Acts 22:26 : 26 And when the centurion heard it, he went to the chief captain and told him, saying, What art thou about to do? for this man is a Roman.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

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  • 2 Chr 19:7-11
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    84%

    7Now therefore let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Jehovah our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.

    8Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem.

    9And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

    10And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards Jehovah, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not be guilty.

    11And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Jehovah; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. [ Deal courageously, and Jehovah be with the good.

  • Deut 1:16-17
    2 verses
    81%

    16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

    17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

  • Deut 16:18-20
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    79%

    18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

    19Thou shalt not wrest justice: thou shalt not respect persons; neither shalt thou take a bribe; for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

    20That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

  • 2 Chr 19:5
    77%

    5And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

  • Lev 19:15
    76%

    15Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

  • Deut 17:8-11
    4 verses
    76%

    8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose;

    9and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.

    10And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee:

    11according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

  • Exod 18:19-22
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    74%

    19Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to Godward, and bring thou the causes unto God:

    20and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

    21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

    22and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee.

  • Deut 19:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days;

    18and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

  • Deut 25:1
    74%

    1If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;

  • Luke 18:2
    74%

    2saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man:

  • Exod 23:6
    74%

    6Thou shalt not wrest the justice [due] to thy poor in his cause.

  • Exod 21:1
    74%

    1Now these are the ordinances which thou shalt set before them.

  • Ps 7:8
    74%

    8Jehovah ministereth judgment to the peoples: Judge me, O Jehovah, according to my righteousness, and to mine integrity that is in me.

  • Ps 9:8
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    8And he will judge the world in righteousness, He will minister judgment to the peoples in uprightness.

  • John 7:24
    74%

    24Judge not according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith Jehovah.

  • Isa 3:13
    73%

    13Jehovah standeth up to contend, and standeth to judge the peoples.

  • Matt 7:1
    73%

    1Judge not, that ye be not judged.

  • Prov 24:23
    72%

    23These also are [sayings] of the wise. To have respect of persons in judgment is not good.

  • Exod 18:16
    72%

    16when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

  • Isa 28:6
    72%

    6and a spirit of justice to him that sitteth in judgment, and strength to them that turn back the battle at the gate.

  • Job 19:29
    72%

    29Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath [bringeth] the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.

  • Jer 7:5
    72%

    5For if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;

  • 1 Cor 6:4
    72%

    4If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?

  • 1 Chr 16:14
    72%

    14He is Jehovah our God; His judgments are in all the earth.

  • Ezra 7:25
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    25And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye him that knoweth them not.

  • Deut 10:17
    72%

    17For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.

  • Ps 105:7
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    7He is Jehovah our God: His judgments are in all the earth.

  • Ps 2:10
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    10Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.

  • Ps 98:9
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    9Before Jehovah; For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with equity.

  • 1 Kgs 3:28
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    28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

  • Deut 6:18
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    18And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of Jehovah; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers,

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.

  • Prov 29:26
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    26Many seek the ruler's favor; But a man's judgment [cometh] from Jehovah.

  • Exod 23:2
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    2Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest [justice] :

  • Lev 19:37
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    37And ye shall observe all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them: I am Jehovah.