Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will assign this
Choose for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will appoint them as your l
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to
He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice b
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you
Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a
I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.
So I continued, “What you are doing is not right. Shouldn’t you walk in the fear of our God to avoid the reproach of our
Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be sh
not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and hone
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.
When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: Fear God and keep His commandments, because this is the w
“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, a
You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the c
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
So Moses chose capable men from all Israel and made them heads over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of
“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed ch
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive misch
and on the third day he said to them, “I fear God. So do this and you will live:
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that pl
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is
Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I
I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who
With him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousnes
But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.
For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does
“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his h