For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,
Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is w
The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him forfeits his own life.
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
This is also why you pay taxes. For the authorities are God’s servants, who devote themselves to their work.
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fat
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all th
Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal
A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unint
A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.
Keep the king’s command, I say, because of your oath before God.
The avenger of blood is to put the murderer to death; when he finds him, he is to kill him.
Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed hi