Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
General references
Bible References
General references
Deuteronomy 16:18
“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deuteronomy 17:8
“If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the Lord your God chooses.
Deuteronomy 19:17
then both the men who have the dispute shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.
Exodus 23:6
“You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute.
2 Samuel 23:3 “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,
‘
2 Chronicles 19:6
He said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the Lord who is with you when you render judgment.
Job 29:7 “When I went out to the gate of the city,
When Itook my seat in the square,
When I
Psalm 58:1
For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.
Do you indeedspeak righteousness, O gods?
Do youjudge uprightly, O sons of men?
Do you indeed
Do you
Psalm 82:2 How long will you judge unjustly
Andshow partiality to the wicked? Selah.
And
Proverbs 17:15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.
Proverbs 31:8 Open your mouth for the mute,
For therights of all the unfortunate.
For the
Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.
Reprove the ruthless,
Plead for the widow.
Isaiah 5:23 Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
Andtake away the rights of the ones who are in the right!
And
Isaiah 11:4 But with righteousness He will judge the poor,
And decide with fairness for theafflicted of the earth;
And He will strike the earth with therod of His mouth,
And with thebreath of His lips He will slay the wicked.
And decide with fairness for the
And He will strike the earth with the
And with the
Isaiah 32:1 Behold, a king will reign righteously
And princes will rule justly.
And princes will rule justly.
Jeremiah 21:12
O house of David, thus says the Lord:
“Administer justice every morning;
And deliver the person who has been robbed from thepower of his oppressor,
That My wrath may not go forth like fire
Andburn with none to extinguish it,
Because of the evil of their deeds.
“
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the
And
Because of the evil of their deeds.
Ezekiel 44:24
In a dispute they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts and sanctify My sabbaths.
Micah 3:1
And I said,
“Hear now, heads of Jacob
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you toknow justice?
“
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to
Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is ignored
And justiceis never upheld.
For the wickedsurround the righteous;
Therefore justice comes outperverted.
And justice
For the wicked
Therefore justice comes out
Malachi 3:18
So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him.
Matthew 3:10
The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.