Exodus 18:21

Jethro's Visit

²⁰ Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do. ²¹ But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens; ²² And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.

Fear of God

Acts 6:3

Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.

2 Chronicles 19:5-10

And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

Deuteronomy 16:18-19

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

Genesis 42:18

And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

Exodus 18:25

And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,

Ezekiel 18:8

And has not given his money out at interest or taken great profits, and, turning his hand from evil-doing, has kept faith between man and man,

Genesis 22:12

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

Exodus 23:2-9

Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

Numbers 10:4

If only one of them is sounded, then the chiefs, the heads of the thousands of Israel, are to come to you.

Deuteronomy 1:13-17

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

Joshua 22:14

And with him they sent ten chiefs, one for every tribe of the children of Israel, every one of them the head of his house among the families of Israel.

1 Samuel 8:3

And his sons did not go in his ways, but moved by the love of money took rewards, and were not upright in judging.

1 Samuel 8:12

And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.

1 Samuel 12:3-4

Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my eyes? I will give it all back to you.

1 Kings 3:9-12

Give your servant, then, a wise heart for judging your people, able to see what is good and what evil; for who is able to be the judge of this great people?

1 Kings 18:3

And Ahab sent for Obadiah, the controller of the king's house. (Now Obadiah had the fear of the Lord before him greatly;

1 Kings 18:12

And straight away, when I have gone from you, the spirit of the Lord will take you away, I have no idea where, so that when I come and give word to Ahab, and he sees you not, he will put me to death: though I, your servant, have been a worshipper of the Lord from my earliest years.

Nehemiah 5:9

And I said, What you are doing is not good: is it not the more necessary for you to go in the fear of our God, because of the shame which the nations may put on us?

Nehemiah 7:2

I made my brother Hanani, and Hananiah, the ruler of the tower, responsible for the government of Jerusalem: for he was a man of good faith, fearing God more than most.

Job 29:16

I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

Job 31:13

If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;

Psalm 26:9-10

Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

Proverbs 28:2

Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

Isaiah 16:5

Then a king's seat will be based on mercy, and one will be seated on it in the tent of David for ever; judging uprightly, and quick to do righteousness.

Isaiah 33:15

He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

Isaiah 59:4

No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil.

Isaiah 59:14-15

And the right is turned back, and righteousness is far away: for good faith is not to be seen in the public places, and upright behaviour may not come into the town.

Jeremiah 5:1

Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in her wide places if there is a man, if there is one in her who is upright, who keeps faith; and she will have my forgiveness.

Ezekiel 22:12

In you they have taken rewards as the price of blood; you have taken interest and great profits, and you have taken away your neighbours' goods by force, and have not kept me in mind, says the Lord.

Zechariah 7:9

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Let your judging be upright and done in good faith, let every man have mercy and pity for his brother:

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

Luke 18:2

Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

Luke 18:4

And for a time he would not: but later, he said to himself, Though I have no fear of God or respect for man,

Acts 20:33

I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing.

1 Timothy 3:3

Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

1 Timothy 6:9-11

But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

2 Peter 2:14-15

Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;