'Judges' in the Bible

“If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman’s husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges decide.

If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house shall appear before the judges, to determine whether he laid his hands on his neighbor’s property.

For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before the judges; he whom the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor.

So Moses said to the judges of Israel, “Each of you slay his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor.”

“Then I charged your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between your fellow countrymen, and judge righteously between a man and his fellow countryman, or the alien who is with him.

“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

then both the men who have the dispute shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days.

The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has accused his brother falsely,

then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the slain one.

“If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

All Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the Lord had given command at first to bless the people of Israel.

that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, “I am old, advanced in years.

Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Then the Lord raised up judges who delivered them from the hands of those who plundered them.

Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the Lord; they did not do as their fathers.

When the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them.

Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons.

And it came about when Samuel was old that he appointed his sons judges over Israel.

even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The Lord also declares to you that the Lord will make a house for you.

Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah.

In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, ‘Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?’”’

even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies.Moreover, I tell you that the Lord will build a house for you.

Of these, 24,000 were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord; and 6,000 were officers and judges,

As for the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were assigned to outside duties for Israel, as officers and judges.

Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers’ households.

He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

He said to the judges, “Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the Lord who is with you when you render judgment.

then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites,

“You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges that they may judge all the people who are in the province beyond the River, even all those who know the laws of your God; and you may teach anyone who is ignorant of them.

Let our leaders represent the whole assembly and let all those in our cities who have married foreign wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the fierce anger of our God on account of this matter is turned away from us.”

“The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;He covers the faces of its judges.If it is not He, then who is it?

“He makes counselors walk barefootAnd makes fools of judges.

“Can anyone teach God knowledge,In that He judges those on high?

“For that would be a lustful crime;Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.

“For by these He judges peoples;He gives food in abundance.

Now therefore, O kings, show discernment;Take warning, O judges of the earth.

The Lord judges the peoples;Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me.

And men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous;Surely there is a God who judges on earth!”

A Psalm of Asaph.God takes His stand in His own congregation;He judges in the midst of the rulers.

Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock,And they hear my words, for they are pleasant.

Kings of the earth and all peoples;Princes and all judges of the earth;

If a king judges the poor with truth,His throne will be established forever.

“Then I will restore your judges as at the first,And your counselors as at the beginning;After that you will be called the city of righteousness,A faithful city.”

He it is who reduces rulers to nothing,Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.

But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously,Who tries the feelings and the heart,Let me see Your vengeance on them,For to You have I committed my cause.

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Where now is your kingThat he may save you in all your cities,And your judges of whom you requested,“Give me a king and princes”?

Her princes within her are roaring lions,Her judges are wolves at evening;They leave nothing for the morning.

If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges.

And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges.

For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,

But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges.

He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.

After these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

But those who are outside, God judges. Remove the wicked man from among yourselves.

So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church?

have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?

Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth;

and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;

For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong.

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.