Verse set: Just Government and the Civil Magistrate§↻

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• Deuteronomy 1:13: Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders."
  
  
• Exodus 18:21: But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 10:17: For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe,
  
  
• Deuteronomy 16:18-20: You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly. You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous. You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  
  
• Job 28:28: And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the LORD - that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"
  
  
• 1 Corinthians 6:1: When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints?
  
  
• 1 Corinthians 6:3: Do you not know that we will judge angels? Why not ordinary matters!
  
  
• Judges 21:25: In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right.
  
  
• Isaiah 3:12: Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people's leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions.
  
  
• 1 Corinthians 6:4: So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church?
  
  
• Proverbs 21:15: Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.
  
  
• Romans 13:3-5: (for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation, for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer. Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities but also because of your conscience.
  
  
• Romans 13:6: For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants devoted to governing.
  
  
• Matthew 22:21: They replied, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
  
  
• 1 Peter 2:13-16: Be subject to every human institution for the Lord's sake, whether to a king as supreme or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good. For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good. Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God's slaves.
  
  
• Acts 23:5: Paul replied, "I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, 'You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.'"
  
  
• Romans 13:1: Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God's appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God.
  
  
• Colossians 1:16: for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him - all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers - all things were created through him and for him.
  
  
• John 19:11: Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin."
  
  
• Hebrews 1:8-9: but of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing."
  
  
• Proverbs 8:15-16: Kings reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness; by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges.
  
  
• Psalm 2:10-11: So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction! Serve the LORD in fear! Repent in terror!
  
  
• Psalm 33:12: How blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 32:4: As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright.
  
  
• Isaiah 33:22: For the LORD, our ruler, the LORD, our commander, the LORD, our king - he will deliver us.
  
  
• Psalm 22:28: For the LORD is king and rules over the nations.
  
  
• Proverbs 21:1: The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants.
  
  
• Proverbs 21:30-31: There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD. A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the LORD.
  
  
• Proverbs 20:28: Loyal love and truth preserve a king, and his throne is upheld by loyal love.
  
  
• Isaiah 10:1: Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
  
  
• Proverbs 28:16: The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.
  
  
• Proverbs 16:12-13: Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness. The delight of kings is righteous counsel, and they love the one who speaks uprightly.
  
  
• Proverbs 29:2: When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.
  
  
• Proverbs 20:8: A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 16:20: You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  
  
• Exodus 23:2: "You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,
  
  
• Hosea 4:1-3: Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites! For the LORD has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God. There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed. Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.
  
  
• Ezekiel 7:27: The king will mourn and the prince will be clothed with shuddering; the hands of the people of the land will tremble. Based on their behavior I will deal with them, and by their standard of justice I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the LORD!"
  
  
• Psalm 2:10-12: So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction! Serve the LORD in fear! Repent in terror! Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him!
  
  
• Deuteronomy 9:4: Do not think to yourself after the LORD your God has driven them out before you, "Because of my own righteousness the LORD has brought me here to possess this land." It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 2:36-37: From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us - the LORD our God gave them all to us. However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the LORD our God.
  
  
• Leviticus 19:15: "'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.
  
  
• Exodus 23:6: "You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 24:17: You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 25:1-2: If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty. Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.
  
  
• Exodus 23:7: Keep your distance from a false charge - do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 17:6: At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
  
  
• Genesis 18:25: Far be it from you to do such a thing - to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?"
  
  
• Proverbs 19:5: A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 19:18-19: The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused, you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
  
  
• Proverbs 17:15: The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent - both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
  
  
• Ezekiel 3:18-19: When I say to the wicked, "You will certainly die," and you do not warn him - you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live - that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life.
  
  
• Ezekiel 3:20: "When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.
  
  
• Ecclesiastes 7:13: Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent?
  
  
• Exodus 21:16: "Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.
  
  
• Leviticus 24:16: and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.
  
  
• Leviticus 24:14: "Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.
  
  
• Leviticus 24:23: Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  
  
• 1 Corinthians 6:9-11: Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
  
  
• Leviticus 20:13: If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 22:5: A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor should a man dress up in women's clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive to the LORD your God.
  
  
• Romans 13:9: For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet," (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself."
  
  
• Job 3:3: "Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, 'A man has been conceived!'
  
  
• Psalm 139:13-16: Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother's womb. I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly; my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence.
  
  
• Luke 1:15: for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.
  
  
• Exodus 21:22-23: "If men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no serious injury, he will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman's husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides. But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,
  
  
• Leviticus 20:2: "You are to say to the Israelites, 'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones.
  
  
• Leviticus 24:19-20: If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him - fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth - just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 5:17: You must not murder.
  
  
• Leviticus 24:17: "'If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
  
  
• Numbers 35:16: "But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.
  
  
• Exodus 21:12: "Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.
  
  
• Genesis 9:6: "Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God's image God has made humankind."
  
  
• Numbers 35:31: Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death.
  
  
• Leviticus 24:21-22: One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death. There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the LORD your God.'"
  
  
• Exodus 1:17: But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live.
  
  
• Luke 12:4-5: "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do. But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
  
  
• Daniel 6:5: So these men concluded, "We won't find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God."
  
  
• Daniel 6:10: When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
  
  
• Daniel 6:22: My God sent his angel and closed the lions' mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king."
  
  
• Acts 4:19: But Peter and John replied, "Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,
  
  
• Acts 4:29: And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage,
  
  
• Acts 5:29: But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people.
  
  
• Deuteronomy 4:6-8: So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, "Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people." In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the LORD our God whenever we call on him? And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?
  
  
• Deuteronomy 4:5: Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.
  
  
• 1 Timothy 2:1-2: First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people, even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity.
  
  
• 2 Chronicles 7:14: if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
  
  

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