Deuteronomy 25:1

Judges are to render true verdicts, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty. Righteous judgment is the foundation of a just society.

Cross-references · 24

• Prov 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
• Deut 17:8–9If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
• Deut 1:16–17At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
• 2 Sam 23:3The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
• Mic 3:1–2Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
• Ps 82:2–4“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
• Jer 21:12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
• Isa 1:23Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
• Isa 32:1–2Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
• 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.
• 2 Chr 19:6–10Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.
• Isa 1:17Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
• Mal 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
• Job 29:7–17When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
• Exod 23:6–7You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
• Isa 5:23who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
• Hab 1:4Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
• Matt 3:10The axe lies ready at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.
• Ezek 44:24In any dispute, they shall officiate as judges and judge according to My ordinances. They must keep My laws and statutes regarding all My appointed feasts, and they must keep My Sabbaths holy.
• Hab 1:13Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
• Ps 58:1–2For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
• Deut 19:17–19both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
• Isa 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
• Prov 31:8–9Open your mouth for those with no voice, for the cause of all the dispossessed.

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