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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.
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Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
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. You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
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Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
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.
Then Hamor and Shechem, his son, went to the meeting-place of their town, and said to the men of the town,
Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.
Courts of justice » Inferior » In all cities
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.
And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah, And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give. So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
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Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.
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.
Courts of justice » Provided with » Judges
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.
Gates » Holding courts of justice
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
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.
And if anyone goes in flight to one of those towns, and comes into the public place of the town, and puts his cause before the responsible men of the town, they will take him into the town and give him a place among them where he may be safe.
Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:
And Boaz went up to the public place of the town, and took his seat there: and the near relation of whom he had been talking came by; and Boaz, crying out to him by name, said, Come and be seated here. And he came and was seated.
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.
Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:
And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
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Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge: For the Lord will give support to their cause, and take the life of those who take their goods.
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.
And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
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Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.
And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.
From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.
If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.
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.
If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.
Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:
Jews, the » Had courts of justice
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.
Judges of israel » General references to
Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.
And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.
From year to year he went in turn to Beth-el and Gilgal and Mizpah, judging Israel in all those places.
If one man does wrong to another, God will be his judge: but if a man's sin is against the Lord, who will take up his cause? But they gave no attention to the voice of their father, for it was the Lord's purpose to send destruction on them.
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.
If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
Now on the day after, Moses took his seat to give decisions for the people: and the people were waiting before Moses from morning till evening.
Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:
Justice » To be done » In executing judgment
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.
O family of David, this is what the Lord has said: Do what is right in the morning, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away, or my wrath will go out like fire, burning so that no one may put it out, because of the evil of your doings.
Magistrates » Wisdom and integrity essential to
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
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.
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;
Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.
And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
Magistrates » Should » Judge righteously
And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.
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.
If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
Rulers' » Wisdom and integrity essential to
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
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.
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;
Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.
And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
The Nation » Of israel and judah rulers » Wisdom and integrity essential to
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
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.
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;
Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.
And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.