63 Bible Verses about Judges

And Samuel will judge Israel all the days of his life.

And Jehovah will raise up judges, and they will save them from the hand of their plunderers. And also they will not hear to their judges, for they committed fornications after other gods, and they will worship to them: they turned aside quickly from the way which their fathers went to hear the commands of Jehovah; they did not so. And when Jehovah raised up to them judges, and Jehovah was with the judge, and saved them from the hand of their enemies all of the days of the judge: for Jehovah will grieve from their groaning from the face of those pressing them and thrusting them.read more.
And it was in the dying of the judge, they will turn back and be corrupted above their fathers to go after other gods to serve them and to worship to them: they let nothing fall from their deeds and from their hard way.

And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up a saviour to the sons of Israel, and he will save them, Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother younger than he. And the spirit of Jehovah will be upon him, and he will judge Israel, and he will go forth to war: and Jehovah will give into his hand Cushan-Rishathaim, king of Aram; and his hand will be strong upon Cushan-Rishathaim. And the land will rest forty years: and Othniel, son of Kenaz, will die.

And Deborah, a woman, a prophetess, wife to Lapidoth, she judged Israel in that time. And she will dwell under the palm tree of Deborah, between Ramah and between Bethel, in mount Ephraim: and the sons of Israel will go up to her for judgment And she will send and call for Barak, son of Abinoam, from KadeshNaphtali; and she will say to him, Did not Jehovah the God of Israel command, Go, and draw into mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulon?read more.
And I drew to thee to the torrent Kishon, Sisera, captain of Jabin's army, and his chariots and his multitude; and I gave him into thy hand. And Barak will say to her, If thou wilt go with me, and I will go: and if thou wilt not go with me, I will not go. And she will say, Going, I will go with thee: but yet it shall not be thine honor upon the way which thou goest; for Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah will rise and will go with Barak to Kadesh. And Barak will cry out to Zebulon and Naphtali to Kadesh; and he will go up ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah will go up with him.

And it will be in the days of the judging of the judges, and there will be a famine in the land. And a man from the house of bread of Judah will go to sojourn in the field of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons.

For there was not done according to this passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel and all the days of the kings of Israel, and the kings of Judah.

If there shall be a controversy between men and they drew near to judgment, and they judged them; and they justified the just and condemned the unjust. And it was if the unjust be the son of smiting and the judge caused him to fall down and beat him before his face in proportion to his fault, by a number.

And Lot went forth to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him, And he will say, Now my brothers, ye shall not be evil. Behold now, to me two daughters who have not known man'; now I will bring them forth to you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men ye shall not do any thing; for, for this they came in the shadow of my city.read more.
And they will say, Stand off. And they will say, This same came to sojourn, and shall he judge judgment: now will we do evil to thee above them: and they will press upon the man, upon Lot greatly, and they will come near to break the door.

And it will be on the morrow, and Moses will sit to judge the people: and they will stand by Moses from the morning to the evening. And Moses' father-in-law will see all which he did for the people, and he will say, What this thou doest to the people? Wherefore wilt thou sit alone by thyself, and all the people stand by thee from morning to evening? And Moses will say to his father-in-law, Because the people will come to me to seek God.read more.
For when the word will be to them, they came to me, and I judged between a man and between his friend, and I made known the laws Of God and his precepts. And Moses' father-in-law will say to him, The word is not good which thou doest. Fading, thou wilt fade away, also thou, also this people that is with thee: for this word is heavy for thee; thou wilt not be able to do it thyself alone. Now hear to my voice, I will advise thee, and God will be with thee: be thou for the people towards God, and bring thou their words to God; And teach them the laws and the precepts and make known to them the way they shall go in it, and the work which they shall do. And thou shalt look out from all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, men hating gain; and set thou over them chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of ten. And they judged the people in all time: and it will be every great word they will bring to thee, and every small word they shall judge: and it will be light for thee, and they shall lift up with thee. If thou shalt do this word, and God commanded thee, and thou shalt be. able to stand, and all this people shall go to their place in peace. And Moses will hear to the voice of Jethro, and will do all that he said. And Moses will choose men of ability from all Israel, and he will give them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, chiefs of ten. And they judged the people in all time; and the hard word they brought to Moses, and every small word they will judge themselves.

If a man shall give to his friend silver or vessels to watch, and it was stolen out of the man's house, if the thief shall be found he shall recompense double. If the thief shall not be found, and the lord of the house being brought to God, if he put not forth his hand upon his friend's goods. For every word of transgression, for ox, for ass, for sheep, for garment, for every loss which if this say is his: to God the word of both of them shall come; whom God shall condemn, he shall recompense double to his friend.

And Moses will say to the judges of Israel, Kill ye each his men being bound to Baal-Peor.

And I shall command your judges in that time, saying, Hear between your brethren, and judge justice between a man and between his brother and between his stranger.

If a witness of wrong shall rise up against a man to testify apostasy against him; And the two men to whom is the contention stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days; And the judges sought out diligently; and behold, a witness of falsehood, the witness of falsehood testified against his brother;read more.
And ye did to him as he purposed to do to his brother: and put away evil from the midst of thee And they remaining shall hear, and fear, and shall no more add to do according to this evil word in the midst of thee. And thine eye shall not pity; soul for soul, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot

When there shall be found a wounded in the land which Jehovah thy God gave to thee, to possess it, fallen in the field, not knowing who smote him: And thy old men and thy judges shall come forth and measure to the cities which are round about him wounded:

And he will set up judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, to city and city; And he will say to the judges, See ye what ye do: for not for man shall ye judge, but for Jehovah; and he with you in the word of judgment And now the fear of Jehovah shall be upon you: watch ye and do: for not iniquity with Jehovah our God, and lifting up of faces, and taking a gift

And upon contention they shall stand to judge in my judgments, and they judged: and my instructions and my laws in all my appointments, they shall watch; and my Sabbaths shall they consecrate.

And he said to him, Man, who appointed me judge or distributer over you

Know ye not that the holy ones shall judge the world? and if the world be judged by you, are ye unworthy of the least judgments? Know ye not that we shall judge messengers? also not only things pertaining to the cares of life? Therefore truly, if ye have judgments pertaining to the cares of life, set them counted as nothing in the church.read more.
For confusion I speak to you. So is there not one wise with you, who will be able to judge between his brother?

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given them: and the souls of them beheaded with an axe for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and who worshipped not the wild beast, nor his image, and took not the stamp upon their foreheads, and upon their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

If thou shalt buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve: and in the seventh he shall go forth free gratuitously. If he shall come in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he possessed a wife, and his wife shall go forth with him. If his lord shall give to hint a wife, and she brought to him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be to her lord, and he shall go forth by himself.read more.
And if saying, the servant shall say, I loved my lord, my wife and my sons; I will not go forth free: And his lord brought him near to God, and he brought him near to the door, or to the door-post, and his lord pierced his ear with an awl; and he served him forever.

And our chiefs to all the convocation shall stand now, and all who in our cities dwelt with strange wives, shall come at the appointed times, and with them the old men of city and city, and its judges, until the turning back the burning of the anger of our God from us even for this word.

And Paul answered, the leader having nodded to him to speak, Knowing from many years thee being judge to this nation, more cheerfully do I justify things concerning myself:

All Israel and his old men and scribes, and his judges stood hence, and thence, to the ark before the priests the Levites, lifting up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, so the stranger as the native; half of them in front of mount Gerizim, and half of them in front of mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded to bless the people of Israel in the beginning.

And it will be from many days after that Jehovah caused Israel to rest from all their enemies round about, Joshua was old, gone in days. And Joshua will call to all Israel, to his old men and to his heads and to his judges and to his scribes, and he will say to them, I have become old; I came into days: And ye saw all which Jehovah your God did to all these nations from your face; for Jehovah your God fought for you.read more.
See, I cast to you in lot these nations having been left in inheritance to your tribes from Jordan, and all the nations which I cut off, and the great, sea, from the going down of the sun. And Jehovah your God he shall thrust them away from your face and drive them out from before you; and ye possessed their land, as Jehovah your God spake to you. And be strong greatly to watch and to do all written in the book of the law of Moses, so as not to turn away from it to the right or to the left; So as not to come among these nations, these being left with you; and ye shall not make mention of the name of their gods, and ye shall not swear, and ye shall not serve them, and ye shall not worship to them: But ye shall cleave to Jehovah your God, as ye did even to this day. And Jehovah will drive out from your face great nations and strong: and you, a man stood not before you even to this day. One man from you shall pursue a thousand: for Jehovah your God he fought for you as he spake to you. And watch greatly for your souls, to love Jehovah your God. For if turning back, ye shall turn back and cleave to the remainder of these nations, these being left with you, and marry with them, and go in to them, and they in to you, Knowing, ye shall know that Jehovah your God will not add to drive out these nations from before you: and they, were to you for a snare and for a noose, and for a scourge in your sides, and for thorns in your eyes, till your destruction from this good land which Jehovah your God gave to you. And behold, I go this day in the way of all the earth; and ye knew in all your heart and in all your soul that not one word fell from all the good words which Jehovah your God spake concerning you; all came to you; not one word fell from it And it was as every good word came upon you which Jehovah your God spake to you, so Jehovah will bring upon you every evil word till his destroying you from off this good land which Jehovah your God gave to you. In your passing by the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and ye went and served other gods and worshipped to them; and the anger of Jehovah kindled against you, and ye perished quickly from off the good land which he gave to you. And Joshua will gather together all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and he will call for the old men of Israel, and for the heads, and for the judges, and for the scribes; and they will stand before God. And Joshua will say to all the people, So said Jehovah the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt beyond the river from everlasting time, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor and they will serve other gods. And I will take your father Abraham from beyond the river, and I will lead him into all the land of Canaan, and I will multiply his seed and I will give to him Isaak. And I will give to Isaak, Jacob and Esau: and I will give to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; and Jacob and his sons will go down to Egypt And I will send Moses and Aaron, and I will strike Egypt as I did in its midst: and afterwards I will bring you out And I will bring out your fathers from Egypt; and ye shall come to the sea: and the Egyptians will pursue after your fathers with chariot and horsemen to the sea of sedge And they will cry to Jehovah, and he will put darkness between you and between Egypt, and he will bring the sea upon him, and will cover him; and your eyes will see what I did in Egypt; and ye shall dwell in the desert many days. And I will bring you to the land of the Amorite dwelling beyond Jordan, and they will fight with you and I will give them into your hand, and ye shall inherit their land; and I will destroy them from before your face.

And Solomon will say to all Israel, to the chiefs of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince to all Israel, the heads of the fathers. And Solomon and all the convocation with him will go to the height which is in Gibeon; for there was the tent of appointment of God, which Moses servant of Jehovah made in the desert.

Judges and scribes shall thou give to thee in all thy gates which Jehovah thy God gave to thee according to thy tribes: and they judged the people just judgment

And he will set up judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, to city and city;

And Samuel will judge Israel all the days of his life. And he went as often as from year to year, and be turned about the House of God, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and he judged Israel in all these places. And his turning back to Ramah; for there his house; and there he judged Israel; and he will build an altar there to Jehovah.

When a word shall be hard for thee for judging between blood to blood, between controversy to controversy, and between blow to blow, words of contention in thy gates; and thou didst arise and go up to the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose in it; And thou didst go to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge which shall be in those days, and seek out; and they shall announce to thee the word of judgment

And Absalom will say, Who will set me judge in the land? and to me shall every man come which shall be to him strife and judgment, and I did him justice.

And the man which shall do in pride not to hear to the priest, he standing to serve there Jehovah thy God, or to the judge, and that man shall die: and put thou away evil from Israel

And it was if the unjust be the son of smiting and the judge caused him to fall down and beat him before his face in proportion to his fault, by a number. Forty he shall beat him; He shall not add, lest he shall add to strike him above them with much beating, and thy brother was despised before thine eyes.

For doing evil with the hands to do well, the chief asking, and the judge, for peace; and the great one, he spake the mischief of his soul: and they will entangle it

Saying, There was a certain judge in a certain city, fearing not God, and not occupied about man: And a widow was in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not for a time: and after these he said in himself, And if I fear not God, and am not occupied about man;read more.
Yet because this widow produces fatigue to me, I will avenge her, lest in the end, coming, she give me a blow under the eyes. And the Lord said, Hear ye what the judge of injustice says. And shall not God do the avenging of his chosen, crying to him day and night, being slow to anger toward them? I say to you, that he will do their avenging swiftly. But the Son of man having come, shall he find faith upon earth

And the Levites will be numbered from the son of thirty years and above: and their number, for their craniums, for the men, thirty and eight thousand. From these to superintend over the work of the house of Jehovah, twenty and four thousand; and scribes and judges, six thousand:

To the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons for the work without over Israel, for scribes and for judges.

And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together to the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the chief judges, the treasurers, those skilled in law, the lawyers, and all the rulers of the provinces, to the drinking to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up. At that time there being gathered together the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the chief judges, the treasurers, those skilled in law, the lawyers and all the rulers of the provinces, to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king set up; and standing before the image that Nebuchadnezzar set up.

And thou Ezra, according to the wisdom of thy God that is in thy hand, appoint judges and tribunals to be judging for all the people that are beyond the river, to all knowing the laws of thy God; and those not knowing ye shall cause to know.

Then Rehum lord of judment, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues, the Danites and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babelites, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, the Elamites,

And he sitting upon the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Nothing to thee and that just one: for I have suffered this day many things in a dream, on his account.

Be kindly disposed to thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with him, lest thy opponent should deliver thee to the judge, and the judge should deliver thee to the assistant, and thou be cast into prison.

For when thou retirest with thine adversary to the ruler, in the way give labor to be released from him; lest he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the avenger, and the avenger cast thee into prison.

Then Pilate having heard, brought Jesus without, and sat upon the judgment seat, in a place called Paved with ornamental stones; in Hebraic, Gabbatha.

For Jehovah is our Judge, Jehovah our law-giver, Jehovah our king; he will save us.

And I sinned not against thee, and thou didst me evil to war against me: Jehovah the Judge will judge this day between the sons of Israel and between the sons of Ammon.

And Jehovah will judge between me and between thee, and Jehovah avenge me of thee: and my hand shall not be upon thee.

Whatever man shall sin against his neighbor, and an oath lifted up upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house, And thou wilt hear in the heavens, and do, and judge thy servants to condemn the unjust, to give his way upon his head, and to acquit the just, to give to him according to his justice.

Then shall the trees of the forest shout from the face of Jehovah, for he came to judge the earth.

Whom, if I was just, I shall not answer; I will make supplication to my judge.

And man shall say, Truly, fruit to the just one: truly there is a God judging in the earth.

Be thou lifted up judging the earth: turn back retribution upon the proud.

And I seek not my glory: there is he seeking and judging.

He rejecting me, and not receiving my words, has him judging him: the word which I spake, that shall judge him in the last day.

To the assembly of people, and church of the firstborn, transcribed in the heavens, and to God the Judge of all, and. to the spirits of the just perfected,

Far be it with respect to thee doing as this word to kill the just with the wicked; and for the just to be as the wicked, far be it with respect to thee: shall not the judge of all the earth do judgment?

God judging the just one, and being angry in all the days.

And the heavens shall announce his justice: for God himself the judge. Silence.

And he enjoined us to proclaim to the people, and to testify that this is he appointed by God, Judge of the living and the dead.

For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son:

Wherefore he set a day, in which he is about to judge the habitable globe in justice by the man whom he appointed; having offered faith to all, having raised him from the dead.

For we must all be made manifest before the judgment seat of Christ; that each might receive the things for the body, for what he did, good or bad.

I call to witness before God there fore, and the Lord Jesus Christ, being about to judge the living and the dead according to his appearance and his kingdom;