8 occurrences

'Decision' in the Bible

In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsSmallnessMagistratesFear Of ManPartialityGreat And SmallHard TasksDo Not Fear MenJudgingRespectMaking DecisionsDecision MakingConflictFamily ConflictRespecting AuthorityJudging Others Actionsdiscrimination

If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

Verse ConceptsSacred PlacesHard Tasks

And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

Verse ConceptsCourtsPriesthood, In OtPriests, Function In Ot Timespriests

And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:

Verse ConceptsKeeping Man's Word

Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.

Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideTurning To Right And LeftKeeping Man's Word

Then the priests, the sons of Levi, are to come near; for they have been marked out by the Lord your God to be his servants and to give blessings in the name of the Lord; and by their decision every argument and every blow is to be judged:

Verse Conceptselection, responsibilities ofBenedictionsPriests, Function In Ot TimesPeople Involved In JudgementPeople Blessing

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.

Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsInnocence, Teaching OnJustification, Necessity OfLawsuitsMagistrates

Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

Verse ConceptsGentiles, In OtForeignersethics, socialSocial JusticeOppression, Nature OfOrphansResponsibility, For God's WorldWidowsAliens, Believers DutyStrangersJusticeOppressing ForeignersAmenNo Justice

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain