Bible Cross References
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Exodus 18:14
When Jethro saw everything that Moses had to do, he asked, "What is all this that you are doing for the people? Why are you doing this all alone, with people standing here from morning till night to consult you?"
Exodus 18:22
Let them serve as judges for the people on a permanent basis. They can bring all the difficult cases to you, but they themselves can decide all the smaller disputes. That will make it easier for you, as they share your burden.
the hard causes
Exodus 18:15
Moses answered, "I must do this because the people come to me to learn God's will.
Exodus 18:22
Let them serve as judges for the people on a permanent basis. They can bring all the difficult cases to you, but they themselves can decide all the smaller disputes. That will make it easier for you, as they share your burden.
Deuteronomy 17:8
"It may be that some cases will be too difficult for the local judges to decide, such as certain cases of property rights or of bodily injury or those cases that involve a distinction between murder and manslaughter. When this happens, go to the one place of worship chosen by the LORD your God,
1 Kings 3:16-28
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One day two prostitutes came and presented themselves before King Solomon.
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One of them said, "Your Majesty, this woman and I live in the same house, and I gave birth to a baby boy at home while she was there.
18
Two days after my child was born, she also gave birth to a baby boy. Only the two of us were there in the house---no one else was present.
19
Then one night she accidentally rolled over on her baby and smothered it.
20
She got up during the night, took my son from my side while I was asleep, and carried him to her bed; then she put the dead child in my bed.
21
The next morning, when I woke up and was going to nurse my baby, I saw that it was dead. I looked at it more closely and saw that it was not my child."
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But the other woman said, "No! The living child is mine, and the dead one is yours!" The first woman answered back, "No! The dead child is yours, and the living one is mine!" And so they argued before the king.
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Then King Solomon said, "Each of you claims that the living child is hers and that the dead child belongs to the other one."
24
He sent for a sword, and when it was brought,
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he said, "Cut the living child in two and give each woman half of it."
26
The real mother, her heart full of love for her son, said to the king, "Please, Your Majesty, don't kill the child! Give it to her!" But the other woman said, "Don't give it to either of us; go on and cut it in two."
27
Then Solomon said, "Don't kill the child! Give it to the first woman---she is its real mother."
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When the people of Israel heard of Solomon's decision, they were all filled with deep respect for him, because they knew then that God had given him the wisdom to settle disputes fairly.
1 Kings 10:1
The queen of Sheba heard of Solomon's fame, and she traveled to Jerusalem to test him with difficult questions.
Job 29:16
I was like a father to the poor and took the side of strangers in trouble.