2 Samuel 23:3

David Extols Yahweh

² "The Spirit of the LORD speaks by me; his word is on my tongue. ³ “The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
‘He who rules over men righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,
⁴ he dawns on them like the morning light, like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning, like rain that makes grass to sprout from the earth

Fear of God

Fears God

God of Israel

Righteous One

Rule Over

O God

Israel

2 Samuel 22:32

"For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?

Exodus 18:21

Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.

Deuteronomy 32:4

"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Genesis 33:20

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

Exodus 3:15

God also said to Moses, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

Exodus 19:5-6

Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine;

Exodus 20:2

"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Exodus 23:6-8

"You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

"You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 32:30-31

How could one have chased a thousand, and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up?

2 Samuel 22:2-3

He said, "The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer,

2 Chronicles 19:7-9

Now then, let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the LORD our God, or partiality or taking bribes."

Nehemiah 5:14

Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.

Psalm 42:9

I say to God, my rock: "Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?"

Psalm 72:2

May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice!

Psalm 82:3-4

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

Psalm 110:2

The LORD sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies!

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 11:1-5

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.

Isaiah 32:1

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.

Jeremiah 23:5

"Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Hebrews 1:8

But of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.