Bible Cross References
Moreover
Deuteronomy 1:13-17
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Choose wise, understanding, and knowledgeable men from among your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.
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And you answered me and said, The thing which you have spoken to us is good to do.
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So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and made them heads over you, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, rulers of tens, and officials for your tribes.
16
And I commanded your judges at that time, saying, Hear the cases between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the sojourner.
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You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of any man's presence, for the judgment is God's. And any matter that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.
Acts 6:3
Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need;
able men
Exodus 18:25
And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people: rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which Jehovah your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
1 Kings 3:9-12
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Therefore give to Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?
10
And the word was good in the eyes of Jehovah, that Solomon had asked this thing.
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And God said to him: Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice,
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behold, I have done according to your words; behold, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you.
Proverbs 28:2
Because of the transgression of a land, many are its rulers; but a reign is prolonged by a man of discernment and knowledge.
such as
Exodus 23:2-9
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You shall not follow the majority in doing evil; nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after the majority to thrust aside justice.
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You shall not show partiality to a poor man in his dispute.
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If you encounter your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall bring it back to restore it to him.
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If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying under its burden, you shall refrain from leaving it to him; you shall help him set it free.
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You shall not thrust aside the justice of your needy one in his dispute.
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Keep yourself far away from a false matter; do not kill the innocent and righteous. For I will not justify the wicked.
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And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and perverts the words of the righteous.
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Also you shall not oppress a sojourner, for you know the soul of a sojourner, because you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
Genesis 22:12
And He said, Do not lay your hand upon the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only one from Me.
Genesis 42:18
And Joseph said to them the third day, Do this and live, for I fear God:
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel has said, the Rock of Israel has spoken to me: He who rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
1 Kings 18:3
And Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of his house. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly.
1 Kings 18:12
And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of Jehovah will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared Jehovah from my youth.
2 Chronicles 19:5-10
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And he appointed judges throughout the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
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and said to the judges, Take heed to what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for Jehovah, who is with you in the words of judgment.
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Now therefore, let the fear of Jehovah be upon you; take heed and do it, for there is no injustice with Jehovah our God, no partiality, nor taking of bribes.
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Moreover in Jerusalem, for the judgment of Jehovah and for disputes, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the chief fathers of Israel of the Levites and priests, who were brought back to Jerusalem.
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And he commanded them, saying, You shall do this in the fear of Jehovah, in faithfulness and with a perfect heart:
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Whatever case comes to you from your brethren who dwell in their cities, whether of bloodshed or offenses against Law or commandment, against statutes or ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not trespass against Jehovah and wrath come upon you and your brethren. Do this, and you shall not be guilty.
Nehemiah 5:9
Then I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies?
Nehemiah 7:2
that I gave the charge of Jerusalem to my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is for every man.
Luke 18:2
saying: There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man.
Luke 18:4
And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God nor regard man,
men
Job 29:16
I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case that I did not know.
Job 31:13
If I despised the cause of my male or female servant when they have a dispute with me,
Isaiah 16:5
And in mercy the throne shall be established; and One shall sit on it in truth in the tent of David, judging and seeking swift justice in righteousness.
Isaiah 59:4
No one calls for justice, nor does anyone plead for truth; they trust in vanity and speak lies. They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.
Isaiah 59:14
And justice is driven back, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:15
Yea, truth fails; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice.
Jeremiah 5:1
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in her open places, if you can find a man, if there is one who does justice, who seeks the truth; and I will pardon her.
Ezekiel 18:8
if he has not given with usury nor taken any increase, but has withdrawn his hand from iniquity and executed true judgment between man and man;
Zechariah 7:9
Thus says Jehovah of Hosts, saying, Judge true justice, and show goodness and compassion, everyone to his brother.
Zechariah 8:16
These are the things that you shall do. Every man speak the truth with his neighbor. Judge truth, justice and peace in your gates,
hating
Exodus 23:8
And you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and perverts the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which Jehovah your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
1 Samuel 8:3
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
1 Samuel 12:3
Look at me. Witness against me before Jehovah and before His anointed: Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I cheated? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I received any bribe with which to blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.
1 Samuel 12:4
And they said, You have not cheated us nor oppressed us, nor have you taken anything from any man's hand.
Psalm 26:9
Do not take away my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood,
Psalm 26:10
in whose hands is an evil plot, and their right hand is full of bribes.
Isaiah 33:15
He who walks righteously and speaks with equity; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands free from holding bribes, who stops his ear from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil;
Ezekiel 22:12
In you they take bribes to shed blood; you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten Me, declares the Lord Jehovah.
Acts 20:33
I have coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel.
1 Timothy 3:3
not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for money, but fair-minded, not quarrelsome, not loving money;
1 Timothy 6:9-11
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But those who purpose to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
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For the love of money is a root of all evils, for which some being greedy, have strayed from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls; having a heart exercised in covetousness; accursed children.
2 Peter 2:15
They have forsaken the right way and gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
rulers of thousands
Numbers 10:4
And if they blow with one, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather to you.
Deuteronomy 1:15
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise and knowledgeable men, and made them heads over you, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, rulers of tens, and officials for your tribes.
Joshua 22:14
and with him ten leaders, each one a chief leader of a father's house of every tribe of Israel; and each one was the head of the house of his father among the thousands of Israel.
1 Samuel 8:12
He will appoint commanders over his thousands and commanders over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his implements of war and equipment for his chariots.