Exodus 18:13

Jethro's Visit

¹² Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-law before God. ¹³ It came about the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning until the evening. ¹⁴ Now when Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge and all the people stand about you from morning until evening?”

Moses

Judges 5:10

“You who ride on white donkeys,
You who sit on rich carpets,
And you who travel on the road—sing!

Job 29:7

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat in the square,

Isaiah 16:5

A throne will even be established in lovingkindness,
And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David;
Moreover, he will seek justice
And be prompt in righteousness.

Joel 3:12

Let the nations be aroused
And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat,
For there I will sit to judge
All the surrounding nations.

Matthew 23:2

saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;

Romans 12:8

or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

Romans 13:6

For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing.