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"All of you are standing today in the presence of the LORD your God the heads of your tribes, your elders, your magistrates, all the men of Israel,

Verse ConceptsStandingForeigners Included Among The People

Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man.

Verse ConceptsSearchingSecurityMannersMagistratesQuietnessFar From HereMen Of PeaceRelationships And Dating

From Rehum the chief deputy, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues—the judges and magistrates from Tripolis, Persia, Erech, Babylon, Susa (that is, the people of Elam),

Verse ConceptsJudges

And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.

Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfJudgesMagistratesBeyond The RiverTeaching The Way Of God

The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had done; nor had I yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the rest who did the work.

Verse ConceptsJews, TheThose Who Did Not Tell

God stands in the divine assembly;
He judges among the gods (divine beings).

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeMen As GodsJudgmentsDivinityJudging Others Actions


The rulers do not know nor do they understand;
They walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction];
All the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles of the administration of justice] are shaken.

Verse ConceptsDarkness, As A Symbol Of SinFoundationsSpiritual Blindness, Consequences OfLack Of DiscernmentWalkingDullnessWalking In DarknessBewildermentEarth's FoundationGod ShakingDarkness Of EvilThose Who Were Ignorant


Do not rush out to argue your case [before magistrates or judges];
Otherwise what will you do in the end [when your case is lost and]
When your neighbor (opponent) humiliates you?

Verse ConceptsLitigationRashnessAttorneyLawsuitsHasteShaming PeopleHurt And Betrayalstriving

Woe (judgment is coming) to those [judges] who issue evil statutes,
And to those [magistrates] who constantly record unjust and oppressive decisions,

Verse Conceptsethics, socialWicked RulersRulers, WickedHuman LawWoe To The WickedInjusticeMaking DecisionsDecision Makingoppression

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent [directions] to assemble the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all of the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king [had] set up.

Verse ConceptsAssembling Leaders

Then the satraps, the prefects, the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates, and all the officials of the province [were] assembled for the dedication of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar the king [had] set up, and [were] standing {before} the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

And I said, Please hear, O heads of Jacob and magistrates of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?

Verse ConceptsRulersBenefits Of Knowledge

Please hear this, heads of the house of Jacob, and magistrates of the house of Israel, who hate justice and pervert all equity.

Verse ConceptsTwistingMisrepresentationHating Good

"You have heard that it was said to the ancients, 'Thou shalt not commit murder', and whoever commits murder will be answerable to the magistrate.

Verse ConceptsLaw, Ten CommandmentsMurderChrist's Knowledge Of The ScripturesGod Speaking Of OldDo Not Murder

Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with him on the way to the court; for fear he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer and you be thrown into prison.

Verse ConceptsAgreementDiscorddisagreementsLawyersJudgesOfficersAttorneyLawsuitsLitigationQuarrelsDebtorsAgreeingHanding Over PeopleImprisonmentsCourt SessionsPeople Accusing PeopleMisunderstandingsMaking Peace With EnemiesReconciliationConflictResolving Conflictjail

When he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the magistrates came to him as he was teaching, and said, by what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

Verse ConceptsChief priestsLeaders, SpiritualEntering The TempleChrist TeachingChrist In The TempleGod Appointing His SonResolving Conflict

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

Verse ConceptsdisagreementsImprisonmentsJudgesOfficersReconciliation, Between BelieversLitigationHanding Over PeopleStress And Hard TimesReconciliationPurgatoryeffortjail

and he, having gone away, spake with the chief priests and the magistrates, how he might deliver him up to them,

Verse ConceptsChief priestsGuardsNegotiationOfficersPlottingJudas Betraying ChristDiscussionsThe Chief Priests Condemning Christ

And Jesus said to those having come upon him -- chief priests, and magistrates of the temple, and elders -- 'As upon a robber have ye come forth, with swords and sticks?

Verse ConceptsChief priestsGuardsClubsThe Lord As A Thief

and of his being deliver'd up by our chief priests and magistrates to be condemn'd to die, whom they actually crucified:

Verse ConceptsChief priestsRulersSuffering, Of Jesus ChristChrist Was KilledThe Chief Priests Condemning ChristJesus Deathcrucifixion

And as they are speaking unto the people, there came to them the priests, and the magistrate of the temple, and the Sadducees --

Verse ConceptsCaptainsGuardsJewish SectsWhile Still SpeakingPriests In Action

On the next day, their magistrates and elders and scribes (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were gathered together in Jerusalem;

Verse Conceptselders, as community leadersJudaismRulersAssembling Leaders

And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;

Verse ConceptsCaptainsChief priestsPuzzlement

then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;

Verse ConceptsPublic OpinionGentle WordsFear Of StoningFearing Other People

"But the man who was doing the wrong resented his interference, and asked, "'Who appointed you magistrate and judge over us?

Verse ConceptsRulers

"The Moses whom they rejected, asking him, 'Who appointed you magistrate and judge?' --that same Moses we find God sending as a magistrate and a deliverer by the help of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

Verse ConceptsBurning bushMoses, Significance OfRejection Of GodIndividuals Saving OthersRejection

He was with a very intelligent magistrate, [a Roman official named] Sergius Paulus. This man called for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the message of God.

Verse Conceptsevangelism, kinds ofDerision

But [another] magician, named Elymas (which means "the magician") opposed them, trying to discourage the magistrate from hearing about the faith.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationFaith, As A Body Of BeliefsGospel, Responses ToCausing People To TurnMeaningSorcery

When the magistrate saw this miracle performed, he became a believer [in Christ] and was [continually] amazed at the teaching about the Lord.

Verse ConceptsProconsulMiracles, Responses ToThose Who Believed In ChristConversion, examples of

And when a hostile movement was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with the sanction of their magistrates, to maltreat and stone them,

Verse ConceptsSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfTrapPersecution Of The Apostle PaulAntagonism From Jew And GentileFear Of Stoning

And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;

Verse ConceptsArrestingFalse Witnesses,examples OfHope, Nature OfLove, Abuse OfMarketsMarketplacesPulling People

After beating them severely, the Magistrates put them in prison, with orders to the Governor of the Jail to keep them in safe custody.

Verse ConceptsGuardsPunishment, Legal Aspects Of

And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.

Verse ConceptsPrison Keepers

But Paul told the guards, "The magistrates have had us beaten publicly without a trial and have thrown us into jail, even though we are Roman citizens. Now are they going to throw us out secretly? Certainly not! Have them come and escort us out."

Verse ConceptsApologizingempiresPersecution, Forms OfPunishment, Legal Aspects OfRoman CitizensBeating BelieversSpreading StoriesAvoiding SecrecyBringing People Out Of Other PlacesNo JusticeCitizenstrailsjail

And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

So the magistrates came, apologized to them, and escorted them out. Then they asked them to leave the city.

Verse ConceptsLeaving

But, failing to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the other brethren before the magistrates of the city, loudly accusing them. "These men," they said, "who have raised a tumult throughout the Empire, have come here also.

Verse ConceptsTurning Upside DownPulling PeopleNot FindingTroubling Groups Of PeopleCauses of failure in

Great was the excitement among the crowd, and among the magistrates of the city, when they heard these charges.

Verse ConceptsConfusionInciting To Evil

But when Gallio was magistrate of Achaia [i.e., the southern province of Greece] the Jews joined forces to attack Paul and brought him before the court of justice,

Verse ConceptsProconsulDerisionProvincesPersecution Of The Apostle Paul

If therefore Demetrius, and the workmen associated with him, have a charge against anyone, the courts are open and there are magistrates [to judge such cases]; let them file their charges against each other.

Verse ConceptsProconsulCourt SessionsPeople Accusing People

For judges and magistrates are to be feared not by right-doers but by wrong-doers. You desire--do you not? --to have no reason to fear your ruler. Well, do the thing that is right, and then he will commend you.

Verse ConceptsCommendationRulersSecurityTaxationMagistratesFear Is DueFearDoing The Right ThingBeing ScaredRespecting Authoritybehaviorterrorism