Deuteronomy 16:18

KJV1611 – Modern English

Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

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  • 1 Chr 23:4 : 4 Of which, twenty-four thousand were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
  • 1 Chr 26:29 : 29 Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outside business over Israel, for officers and judges.
  • Exod 18:25-26 : 25 And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
  • Exod 21:6 : 6 then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
  • Deut 1:15-17 : 15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and known men, and made them leaders over you, captains over thousands, captains over hundreds, captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. 16 And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him. 17 You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
  • Deut 17:9 : 9 and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.
  • Deut 17:12 : 12 The man who acts presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall put away the evil from Israel.
  • Deut 19:17-18 : 17 Then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in that time; 18 And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother;
  • Deut 21:2 : 2 Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are around him that is slain;
  • Rom 13:1-6 : 1 Let every soul be subject to the higher authorities. For there is no authority except from God; the authorities that exist are ordained by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist shall bring judgment upon themselves. 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. 4 For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who does evil. 5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake. 6 For this reason, pay your taxes also, for they are God's ministers attending continually to this very thing.
  • 2 Chr 19:5-9 : 5 And he appointed judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 7 Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. 8 Moreover, in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them, saying, This you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. 10 And whatever cause shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall even warn them that they do not trespass against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and you shall not trespass. 11 And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah, the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good.
  • Ps 82:2-3 : 2 How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah. 3 Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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  • Deut 16:19-20
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    81%

    19You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

    20That which is altogether just you shall follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • 2 Chr 19:5-10
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    5And he appointed judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,

    6And said to the judges, Take heed what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

    7Therefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

    8Moreover, in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

    9And he charged them, saying, This you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.

    10And whatever cause shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall even warn them that they do not trespass against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and you shall not trespass.

  • Deut 1:15-18
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    15So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and known men, and made them leaders over you, captains over thousands, captains over hundreds, captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.

    16And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger who is with him.

    17You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of anyone, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too difficult for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.

    18And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do.

  • Deut 17:8-11
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    78%

    8If a matter arises that is too hard for you to judge, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of dispute within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses,

    9and you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge who is in office in those days, and inquire, and they shall declare to you the verdict of the judgment.

    10You shall do according to the decision they give you at the place which the LORD chooses, and you shall be careful to do according to all that they instruct you.

    11According to the sentence of the law which they teach you, and according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence they show you, to the right hand or to the left.

  • Exod 18:19-22
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    19Listen now to my voice; I will give you counsel, and God will be with you. Be for the people a representative to God, that you may bring the causes to God.

    20And you shall teach them the statutes and the laws, and show them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do.

    21Moreover, you shall select from all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them 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 times. Then it will be that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge themselves; so it will be easier for you, for they will bear the burden with you.

  • Lev 19:15
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    15You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.

  • Exod 21:1
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    1Now these are the judgments you shall set before them.

  • Ps 72:2
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    2He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

  • Ezra 7:25
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    25And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God that is in your hand, set magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach those who do not know them.

  • Zech 8:16
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    16These are the things that you shall do; Speak every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:

  • Deut 25:1
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    1If there is a dispute between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his dispute.

  • Exod 18:16
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    16When they have a dispute, they come to me, and I judge between one and another, and make them know the statutes of God and His laws.

  • Deut 6:18
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    18And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers,

  • Exod 18:26
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    26And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.

  • Ps 7:8
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    8The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me.

  • Isa 28:6
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    6And for a spirit of judgment to him who sits in judgment, and for strength to those who turn the battle to the gate.

  • Deut 1:13
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    13Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men among your tribes, and I will make them leaders over you.

  • Deut 25:15
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    15But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you.

  • Lev 19:35
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    35You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measuring yard, in weight, or in measure.

  • Ps 9:8
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    8And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall administer judgment to the people in uprightness.

  • Deut 19:17-18
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    17Then both men in the controversy shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who serve in that time;

    18And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness who has testified falsely against his brother;

  • Deut 7:11
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    11Therefore you shall keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command you this day, to do them.

  • Deut 16:17
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    17Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you.

  • Deut 29:10
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    10You stand this day all of you before the LORD your God: your leaders of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

  • Deut 12:8
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    8You shall not do as we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes.

  • Deut 4:8
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    8And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  • Deut 24:17
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    17You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

  • Deut 13:18
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    18When you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do what is right in the eyes of the LORD your God.

  • Deut 12:1
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    1These are the statutes and judgments which you shall diligently follow in the land that the LORD God of your fathers gives you to possess, all the days you live on the earth.

  • 1 Kgs 8:32
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    32Then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

  • Prov 31:9
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    9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

  • Deut 11:32
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    32And you shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.

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