Bible Cross References
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
2 Chronicles 19:8
Moreover Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the priests and Levites, and heads of houses of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and to judge the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
18
You shall make for yourself judges and officers in your cities, which the Lord your God gives you in [your] tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment;
19
they shall not pervert judgment, nor favor persons, nor receive a gift; for gifts blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
20
You shall justly pursue justice, that you may live, and go in and inherit the land which the Lord your God gives you.
Romans 13:1-5
1
Let every soul submit to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God, and the authorities that exist are instituted by God.
2
Consequently the [one] resisting the authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and those opposing shall receive judgment to themselves.
3
For rulers are not a fear to good works, but to evil. And do you wish not to fear the authority? Do what is good, and you shall have praise from the same.
4
For he is God's servant to you for good. But if you do evil, fear; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's servant, an avenger for wrath to the [one] practicing evil.
5
Therefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also for conscience' sake.
1 Peter 2:13
Therefore subject yourselves to every human institution on account of the Lord: whether to the king as [to one] having authority,
1 Peter 2:14
or to governors, as to those being sent for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise [of those] doing good.