Exodus 18:26
They judged the people on a permanent basis. The difficult cases were taken to Moses but they decided the smaller disputes themselves.
Exodus 18:22
They must be the ones who usually settle disagreements among the people. They should bring all-important cases to you. But they should settle all minor cases themselves. Make it easier for yourself by letting them help you.
Exodus 18:14-15
Jethro saw everything that Moses had to do. He asked: What is all this that you are doing for the people? Why are you doing this all alone? There are people standing here from morning till night to consult you?
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 should go to the place Jehovah your God chooses.
1 Kings 3:16-28
One day two women who were prostitutes came to the king.
1 Kings 10:1
The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame. She traveled to Jerusalem to test him with difficult questions.
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy! I championed the cause of the stranger.