Bible Cross References
Hear
Micah 3:9
Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.
Micah 3:10
You are building God's city, Jerusalem, on a foundation of murder and injustice.
Isaiah 1:10
Jerusalem, your rulers and your people are like those of Sodom and Gomorrah. Listen to what the LORD is saying to you. Pay attention to what our God is teaching you.
Jeremiah 13:15-18
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People of Israel, the LORD has spoken! Be humble and listen to him.
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Honor the LORD, your God, before he brings darkness, and you stumble on the mountains; before he turns into deep darkness the light you hoped for.
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If you will not listen, I will cry in secret because of your pride; I will cry bitterly, and my tears will flow because the LORD's people have been taken away as captives.
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The LORD said to me, "Tell the king and his mother to come down from their thrones, because their beautiful crowns have fallen from their heads.
Jeremiah 22:2
Jeremiah 22:3
"I, the LORD, command you to do what is just and right. Protect the person who is being cheated from the one who is cheating him. Do not mistreat or oppress aliens, orphans, or widows; and do not kill innocent people in this holy place.
Hosea 5:1
"Listen to this, you priests! Pay attention, people of Israel! Listen, you that belong to the royal family! You are supposed to judge with justice---so judgment will fall on you! You have become a trap at Mizpah, a net spread on Mount Tabor,
Amos 4:1
Listen to this, you women of Samaria, who grow fat like the well-fed cows of Bashan, who mistreat the weak, oppress the poor, and demand that your husbands keep you supplied with liquor!
Is it
Deuteronomy 1:13-17
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Choose some wise, understanding, and experienced men from each tribe, and I will put them in charge of you.'
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And you agreed that this was a good thing to do.
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So I took the wise and experienced leaders you chose from your tribes, and I placed them in charge of you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten. I also appointed other officials throughout the tribes.
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"At that time I instructed them, 'Listen to the disputes that come up among your people. Judge every dispute fairly, whether it concerns only your own people or involves foreigners who live among you.
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Show no partiality in your decisions; judge everyone on the same basis, no matter who they are. Do not be afraid of anyone, for the decisions you make come from God. If any case is too difficult for you, bring it to me, and I will decide it.'
Deuteronomy 16:18
"Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the LORD your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.
2 Chronicles 19:5-10
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He appointed judges in each of the fortified cities of Judah
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and instructed them: "Be careful in pronouncing judgment; you are not acting on human authority, but on the authority of the LORD, and he is with you when you pass sentence.
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Honor the LORD and act carefully, because the LORD our God does not tolerate fraud or partiality or the taking of bribes."
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In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites, priests, and some of the leading citizens as judges in cases involving a violation of the Law of the LORD or legal disputes between inhabitants of the city.
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He gave them the following instructions: "You must perform your duties in reverence for the LORD, faithfully obeying him in everything you do.
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Whenever your fellow citizens from any of the cities bring before you a case of homicide or any other violation of a law or commandment, you must instruct them carefully how to conduct themselves during the trial, so that they do not become guilty of sinning against the LORD. Unless you do, you and your fellow citizens will feel the force of the LORD's anger. But if you do your duty, you will not be guilty.
Psalm 14:4
"Don't they know?" asks the LORD. "Are all these evildoers ignorant? They live by robbing my people, and they never pray to me."
Psalm 82:1-5
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God presides in the heavenly council; in the assembly of the gods he gives his decision:
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"You must stop judging unjustly; you must no longer be partial to the wicked!
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Defend the rights of the poor and the orphans; be fair to the needy and the helpless.
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Rescue them from the power of evil people.
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"How ignorant you are! How stupid! You are completely corrupt, and justice has disappeared from the world.
Jeremiah 5:4
Then I thought, "These are only the poor and ignorant. They behave foolishly; they don't know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do.
Jeremiah 5:5
I will go to the people in power and talk with them. Surely they know what their God requires, what the LORD wants them to do." But all of them have rejected the LORD's authority and refuse to obey him.
1 Corinthians 6:5
Shame on you! Surely there is at least one wise person in your fellowship who can settle a dispute between fellow Christians.