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 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
• Deut 17:8–9If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
• Deut 1:16–17And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
• 2 Sam 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
• Mic 3:1–2And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
• Ps 82:2–4How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
• Jer 21:12O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
• Isa 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
• Isa 32:1–2Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
• Deut 16:18–20Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
• 2 Chr 19:6–10And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
• Isa 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• Mal 3:18Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.
• Job 29:7–17When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
• Exod 23:6–7Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
• Isa 5:23Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!
• Hab 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
• Matt 3:10And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
• Ezek 44:24And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.
• Hab 1:13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
• Ps 58:1–2Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
• Deut 19:17–19Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
• Isa 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
• Prov 31:8–9Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

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