2 Samuel 23:3

God, the Rock of Israel, declares the standard for rulers: to govern righteously in the fear of God.

Cross-references · 23

• Deut 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
• Exod 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
• 2 Sam 22:32For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
• Ps 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
• Ps 82:3–4Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
• Exod 23:6–8You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
• Heb 1:8But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
• Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
• Deut 16:18–20You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
• Exod 19:5–6Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
• Jer 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
• Ps 42:9I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
• 2 Sam 22:2–3He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
• Isa 32:1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
• Gen 33:20There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
• 2 Chr 19:7–9And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
• Isa 11:1–5Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
• Deut 32:30–31How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
• Neh 5:14Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
• Exod 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
• Prov 31:9Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
• Ps 110:2The LORD extends Your mighty scepter from Zion: “Rule in the midst of Your enemies.”
• Exod 3:15God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.

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