Deuteronomy 1:13
Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
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Deuteronomy 1:13
Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
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Exodus 18:19
Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:
Exodus 18:20
Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.
Exodus 18:21
But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;
Exodus 18:22
And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.
Deuteronomy 1:9
At that time I said to you, I am not able to undertake the care of you by myself;
Deuteronomy 1:10
The Lord your God has given you increase, and now you are like the stars of heaven in number.
Deuteronomy 1:11
May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times greater in number than you are, and give you his blessing as he has said!
Deuteronomy 1:12
How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?
Deuteronomy 1:13
Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Deuteronomy 1:14
And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.
Exodus 18:25
And he made selection of able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens.
Numbers 11:16
And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.
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Deuteronomy 1:15
So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.
Deuteronomy 1:16
And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.
Deuteronomy 1:17
In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
Genesis 41:33
And now let Pharaoh make search for a man of wisdom and good sense, and put him in authority over the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 16:18
You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.
Proverbs 24:23
These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.
Proverbs 25:2
It is the glory of God to keep a thing secret: but the glory of kings is to have it searched out.
Proverbs 31:4
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?
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Acts 6:2
And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
Acts 6:3
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
Acts 1:21
For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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Deuteronomy 4:6
So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.
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