What Does the Bible Say About Judge?

“Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:”

“And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.”

“For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.”

“Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. gods: or, judges”

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.”

“How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?”

“Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. Take: Heb. Give”

“And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do.”

“So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. made: Heb. gave”

“And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.”

“Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. respect: Heb. acknowledge faces”

“Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.”

“Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. words: or, matters”

“That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. That which: Heb. Justice, justice”

“If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;”

“And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:”

“And thou shalt do according to the sentence , which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall shew thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee:”

“According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall shew thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.”

“If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; that: or, falling away”

“Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;”

“And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;”

“Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.”

“If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.”

“And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.”

“Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.”

“He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.”

“Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. delivered: Heb. saved”

“And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. deliverer: Heb. saviour”

“But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded : and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. a Benjamite: or, the son of Jemini lefthanded: Heb. shut of his right hand”

“And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel.”

“And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.”

“And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. Gideon: Gr. Gedeon to hide: Heb. to cause it to flee”

“And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,”

“And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. defend: or, deliver: Heb. save”

“And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.”

“And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.”

“And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. gathered: Heb. were called”

“And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.”

“And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.”

“And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun.”

“And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel.”

“And he had forty sons and thirty nephews , that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. nephews: Heb. sons' sons”

“Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.”

“And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.”

“And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house.”

“And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.”

“And she arose at midnight , and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.”

“And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear.”

“And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.”

“Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.”

“And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king.”

“And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.”

“Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. yearned: Heb. were hot”

“Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.”

“And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. in him: Heb. in the midst of him”

“Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.”

“And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.”

“And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land.”

“And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done.”

“And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.”

“And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. officer: or, eunuch”

“And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,”

“And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment . in: Heb. in the matter of judgment”

“Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.”

“Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.”

“And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.”

“And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.”

“And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.”

“To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? Altaschith: or, Destroy not, A golden Psalm of David”

“Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.”

“A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. for: or, of”

“He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.”

“The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.”

“He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.”

“For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.”

“He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy.”

“He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.”

“How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.”

“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Defend: Heb. Judge”

“Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.”

“These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.”

“For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.”

“Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:”

“Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!”

“In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,”

“And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.”

“And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.”

“And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths.”

“And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.”

“That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. his: Heb. the mischief of his soul”

“Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.”

“Judge not, that ye be not judged.”

“Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.”

“And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.”

“But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.”

“Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;”

“But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,”

“And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.”

“And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?”

“And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.”