Thematic Bible: Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure
Thematic Bible
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Perjury condemned
And I will come near to you to judgment, and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the FALSE swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the f
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or has found that which was lost, and deal falsely by it, and swears to a lie, in any of all these things that a man does, sinning by it,
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God. I am LORD.
I will cause it to go forth, says LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him who swears falsely by my name. And it shall abide in the midst of his house, and shall consume it, with the
for fornicators, for homosexuals, for kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and if there is any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Litigation to be avoided
And to the man who wants to sue thee, and take away thy coat, thou shall leave him thy cloak also.
Be agreeing with thine opponent quickly, while thou are with him on the way, lest the opponent deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the subordinate, and thou will be cast into prison.
Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?
Dare any of you, having a matter against the other, go to law before the unrighteous and not before the sanctified?
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Places of holding courts
And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill-country of Ephraim, and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.
then his father and his mother shall lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place.
And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Corruption of
Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler asks, and the judge [is ready] for a bribe. And the great man, he utters the evil desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.
Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness, to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Laws for judges
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness.
Thou shall make judges and officers for thee in all thy gates, which LORD thy God gives thee, according to thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Sentence of, final
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates, then thou shall arise, and get thee up to the plac And thou shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days, and thou shall inquire. And they shall show thee the sentence of judgment. And thou shall do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which LORD shall choose. And thou shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee, read more.
according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shall do. Thou shall not turn aside from the sentence, which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor
according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shall do. Thou shall not turn aside from the sentence, which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Contempt of, punished
And the man who does presumptuously, in not hearkening to the priest who stands to minister there before LORD thy God, or to the judge, even that man shall die, and thou shall put away the evil from Israel.
Courts » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Appeal taken
For if I am indeed wrong, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing of what these men accuse me, no man can give me to them freely. I appeal Caesar.
Litigation » Miscellaneous topics relating to courts and judicial procedure » Litigation to be avoided
And to the man who wants to sue thee, and take away thy coat, thou shall leave him thy cloak also.
Be agreeing with thine opponent quickly, while thou are with him on the way, lest the opponent deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the subordinate, and thou will be cast into prison.
Go not forth hastily to strive. What will thou do in the end of it when thy neighbor has put thee to shame?
Dare any of you, having a matter against the other, go to law before the unrighteous and not before the sanctified?