'Decisions' in the Bible

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.

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.

And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.

And in the bag you are to put the Urim and Thummim, so that they may be on Aaron's heart whenever he goes in before the Lord; and Aaron may have the power of making decisions for the children of Israel before the Lord at all times.

But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.

So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.

So then, keep my rules and my decisions and do them, so that the land which I am giving you as your resting-place may not violently send you out again.

So keep my rules and my decisions and do them, and you will be safe in your land.

And if you go against my rules and if you have hate in your souls for my decisions and you do not do all my orders, but go against my agreement;

And the land, while she is without them, will keep her Sabbaths; and they will undergo the punishment of their sins, because they were turned away from my decisions and in their souls was hate for my laws.

These are the rules, decisions, and laws, which the Lord made between himself and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai, by the hand of Moses.

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.

And now give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I am teaching you, and do them; so that life may be yours, and you may go in and take for yourselves the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

I have been teaching you laws and decisions, as I was ordered to do by the Lord my God, so that you might keep them in the land to which you are going to take it for your heritage.

And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

These are the rules and the laws and the decisions which Moses gave to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt;

And Moses sent for all Israel, and said to them, Give ear, O Israel, to the laws and the decisions which I give you today, and give attention to them so that you may keep and do them.

But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.

Now these are the orders and the laws and the decisions which the Lord your God gave me for your teaching, so that you might do them in the land of your heritage to which you are going:

And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

So keep the orders and the laws and the decisions which I give you today and do them.

And it will be, that if you give attention to these decisions and keep and do them, then the Lord will keep his agreement with you and his mercy, as he said in his oath to your fathers.

Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:

So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.

And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

These are the laws and the decisions which you are to keep with care in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you to be your heritage all the days of your life on earth.

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.

Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.

They will be the teachers of your decisions to Jacob and of your law to Israel: the burning of perfumes before you will be their right, and the ordering of burned offerings on your altar.

He kept for himself the first part, for his was the ruler's right: he put in force the righteousness of the Lord, and his decisions for Israel.

And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.

About this house which you are building: if you will keep my laws and give effect to my decisions and be guided by my rules, I will give effect to my word which I gave to David your father.

Then he made a covered room for his high seat when he gave decisions; this was the covered room of judging; it was covered with cedar-wood from floor to roof.

Turning our hearts to himself, guiding us to go in all his ways, to keep his orders and his laws and his decisions, which he gave to our fathers.

As for you, if you will go on your way before me, as David your father did, uprightly and with a true heart, doing what I have given you orders to do, keeping my laws and my decisions;

Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.

And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

So David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.

And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:

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.

Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.

Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in this book.

For Ezra had given his mind to learning the law of the Lord and doing it, and to teaching his rules and decisions in Israel.

We have done great wrong against you, and have not kept the orders, the rules, and the decisions, which you gave to your servant Moses.

And you came down on Mount Sinai, and your voice came to them from heaven, giving them right decisions and true laws, good rules and orders:

And gave witness against them so that you might make them come back again to your law: but their hearts were lifted up, and they gave no attention to your orders and went against your decisions (which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him), and turning their backs on you, made their necks stiff and did not give ear.

They were united with their brothers, their rulers, and put themselves under a curse and an oath, to keep their steps in the way of God's law, which was given by Moses, the servant of God, and to keep and do all the orders of the Lord, our Lord, and his decisions and his rules;

And the king said to the wise men, who had knowledge of the times, (for this was the king's way with all who were expert in law and in the giving of decisions:

Does God give wrong decisions? or is the Ruler of all not upright in his judging?

For the band of the evil-doers gives no fruit, and the tents of those who give wrong decisions for reward are burned with fire.

And you say, What knowledge has God? is he able to give decisions through the deep dark?

I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

The fear of the Lord is clean, and has no end; the decisions of the Lord are true and full of righteousness.

May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

If his children give up my law, and are not ruled by my decisions;

But decisions will again be made in righteousness; and they will be kept by all whose hearts are true.

They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.

Zion gave ear and was glad; and the daughters of Judah were full of joy, because of your decisions, O Lord.

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

Keep in mind the great works which he has done; his wonders, and the decisions of his mouth;

Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions.

With my lips have I made clear all the decisions of your mouth.

My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.

I have taken the way of faith: I have kept your decisions before me.

Take away the shame which is my fear; for your decisions are good.

Take not your true word quite out of my mouth; for I have put my hope in your decisions.

I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort.

In the middle of the night I will get up to give you praise, because of all your right decisions.

I have seen, O Lord, that your decisions are right, and that in unchanging faith you have sent trouble on me.

They are ruled this day by your decisions; for all things are your servants.

My heart has not been turned away from your decisions; for you have been my teacher.

I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.

Take, O Lord, the free offerings of my mouth, and give me knowledge of your decisions.

My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.

O Lord, great is your righteousness, and upright are your decisions.

Let my voice come to you, in your mercy; O Lord, by your decisions give me life.

Great is the number of your mercies, O Lord; give me life in keeping with your decisions.

Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.

Give life to my soul so that it may give you praise; and let your decisions be my support.

He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions.

Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.

Let your mouth be open, judging rightly, and give right decisions in the cause of the poor and those in need.