TopicGovernment & SocietyBoth Testaments
court
Scripture addresses court within God's sovereign ordering of nations and human authority.
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Verse Refs
20
Books
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Sub-Topics
Overview
What does the Bible say about court? Browse 5 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
Topical Index
13 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible
ECCLESIASTICAL
1 Chronicles 26:29-322 Chronicles 19:8-11Matthew 18:15-18John 20:23
CIVIL
Held at the tabernacle
Numbers 27:2
The gates of cities
Deuteronomy 21:19Deuteronomy 22:15Deuteronomy 25:7Joshua 20:4Ruth 4:1Zechariah 8:16
Under a palm tree
Judges 4:5
COMPOSITION OF, AND MODE OF PROCEDURE
Exodus 18:25,26Deuteronomy 1:15-17Deuteronomy 17:9Ruth 4:2-51 Chronicles 26:29-322 Chronicles 19:8-11+6 more
CIRCUIT
1 Samuel 7:15-17
SUPERIOR, AND INFERIOR
Exodus 18:21-26Deuteronomy 1:15-17Deuteronomy 17:8-132 Chronicles 19:5-10
JUSTICE REQUIRED OF
Exodus 23:2,3,6-8Deuteronomy 1:16,17Deuteronomy 25:12 Chronicles 19:5-10
SENTENCE OF, FINAL AND OBLIGATORY
Deuteronomy 17:8-12
CONTEMPT OF
Deuteronomy 17:8-13Micah 5:1Acts 23:1-5
CORRUPT
Proverbs 17:15Proverbs 29:26Isaiah 1:23Isaiah 5:23Isaiah 10:1,2Micah 3:11+9 more
ACCUSED SPOKE IN HIS OWN DEFENSE
Jeremiah 26:11-16Mark 15:3-5Acts 4:8-12,18-20Acts 5:29-32Acts 7:1-56Acts 23:1-7+1 more
Key Verses
1
1 Chronicles 26:29-32
ECCLESIASTICAL
2
Numbers 27:2
Held at the tabernacle
3
Deuteronomy 21:19
The gates of cities
4
Judges 4:5
Under a palm tree
5
Exodus 18:25,26
COMPOSITION OF, AND MODE OF PROCEDURE
6
1 Samuel 7:15-17
CIRCUIT
7
Exodus 18:21-26
SUPERIOR, AND INFERIOR
8
Exodus 23:2,3,6-8
JUSTICE REQUIRED OF
9
Deuteronomy 17:8-12
SENTENCE OF, FINAL AND OBLIGATORY
10
Deuteronomy 17:8-13
CONTEMPT OF