Deuteronomy 1:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.

Charged

Hear

John 7:24

The stranger

Leviticus 24:22

General references

Numbers 30:1

Proverbs 31:9

John 7:24

Bible References

Charged

And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,

And Jehovah said to Moses, Behold, your days are coming near to die. Call Joshua and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, and I shall charge him. And Moses and Joshua went. And they presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.

And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation, and give him a charge in their sight.

even as you know how we exhorted and comforted and testified to each one of you, as a father to his children,

I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you guard these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

Charge the rich in this world that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, He offering to us richly all things to enjoy,

Hear

You shall appoint judges and officers for yourself in all your gates which Jehovah your God gives you, tribe by tribe. And they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

You shall not follow a multitude to do evil. Neither shall you speak in a cause in order to follow many in order to wrest judgment.

You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. You shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: he who rules over men justly, ruling in the fear of God,

And he said to the judges, Take heed what you do. For you do not judge for man, but for Jehovah, who is with you in the judgment.

To the Chief Musician. Do not destroy. A secret treasure of David. Will you indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

Do not judge according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.

The stranger

He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger in giving him food and clothing.

You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, of your brothers, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates.

You shall neither vex a stranger nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

Also you shall not oppress a stranger. For you know the heart of a stranger, since you were strangers in the land of Egypt.

One judgment shall be for you whether an alien or a native; for I am Jehovah your God.

General references

And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the sons of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded:

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Do not judge according to sight, but judge righteous judgment.