Psalms 58:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?
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Psalms 58:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?
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Psalms 58:2
The purposes of your hearts are evil; your hands are full of cruel doings on the earth.
Psalms 82:2
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
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.
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.
Deuteronomy 16:19
You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.
Psalms 94:21
They are banded together against the soul of the upright, to give decisions against those who have done no wrong.
Exodus 23:7
Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.
Leviticus 19:15
Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,
2 Chronicles 19:6
And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.
2 Chronicles 19:7
So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.
Proverbs 17:15
He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.
Isaiah 11:4
But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
Amos 5:7
You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;
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Psalms 58:3
The evil-doers are strange from the first; from the hour of their birth they go out of the true way, saying false words.
Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a snake; they are like the adder, whose ears are shut;
Psalms 58:5
Who will not be moved by the voice of the wonder-worker, however great are his powers.
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Psalms 82:1
A Psalm. Of Asaph. God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.
Psalms 82:6
I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:
Psalms 82:7
But you will come to death like men, falling like one of the rulers of the earth.
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Psalms 57:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When he went in flight from Saul, in the hole of the rock. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me; for the hope of my soul is in you: I will keep myself safely under the shade of your wings, till these troubles are past.
Psalms 59:1
To the chief music-maker; put to At-tashheth. Michtam. Of David. When Saul sent, and they were watching the house, to put him to death. Take me out of the hands of the cruel ones, O my God; keep me safe from those who come up against me.
Psalms 16:1
Michtam. Of David. Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.
Psalms 56:1
To the chief music-maker; put to Jonath elem rehokim. Of David. Michtam. When the Philistines took him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for man is attempting my destruction; every day he makes cruel attacks against me.
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Psalms 94:20
What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
John 7:24
Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
James 2:4
Is there not a division in your minds? have you not become judges with evil thoughts?
Isaiah 11:3
And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears:
Habakkuk 1:4
For this reason the law is feeble and decisions are not effected: for the upright man is circled round by evil-doers; because of which right is twisted.
John 8:15
You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.
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Genesis 37:7
We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
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Psalms 58:6
O God, let their teeth be broken in their mouths; let the great teeth of the young lions be pulled out, O Lord.
Psalms 58:7
Let them be turned to liquid like the ever-flowing waters; let them be cut off like the grass by the way.
Psalms 58:8
Let them be like an after-birth which is turned to water and comes to an end; like the fruit of a woman who gives birth before her time, let them not see the sun.
Psalms 58:9
Before they are conscious of it, let them be cut down like thorns; let a strong wind take them away like waste growth.
Psalms 57:4
My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.
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Psalms 58:11
So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.
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Micah 3:9
Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.
Micah 3:10
They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.
Micah 3:11
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
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Judges 10:5
And at the death of Jair his body was put to rest in the earth in Kamon.
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1 Samuel 26:19
Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.
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Psalms 4:2
O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)
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Psalms 8:4
What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?
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Psalms 58:10
The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.
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Proverbs 23:31
Keep your eyes from looking on the wine when it is red, when its colour is bright in the cup, when it goes smoothly down:
Song of Solomon 1:4
Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.
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