Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?

Bible References

Is it

Deuteronomy 1:13
Appoint for yourselves wise, understanding, and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will make them your leaders.
Deuteronomy 16:18
“Appoint judges and officials for your tribes in all your towns the Lord your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
2 Chronicles 19:5
He appointed judges in all the fortified cities of the land of Judah, city by city.
Psalm 14:4
Will evildoers never understand?
They consume My people as they consume bread;
they do not call on the Lord.
Psalm 82:1
A psalm of Asaph.God has taken His place in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods:
Jeremiah 5:4
Then I thought:

They are just the poor;
they have played the fool.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to your shame! Can it be that there is not one wise person among you who is able to arbitrate between his brothers?

General references

Exodus 23:6
“You must not deny justice to a poor person among you in his lawsuit.
Deuteronomy 25:1
“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.
Jeremiah 17:20
Announce to them: Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah, all Judah, and all the residents of Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
Jeremiah 21:11
“And to the house of the king of Judah say this: ‘Hear the word of the Lord!

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