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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.

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Genesis 19:1
And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.

Genesis 23:10
Now Ephron was seated among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite gave Abraham his answer in the hearing of the children of Heth, and of all those who came into his town, saying,

Deuteronomy 25:7
But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.

Deuteronomy 27:19
Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

Ruth 4:2
Then he got ten of the responsible men of the town, and said, Be seated here. And they took their seats.

2 Samuel 15:2
And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

1 Kings 22:10
Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.

Job 31:21
If my hand had been lifted up against him who had done no wrong, when I saw that I was supported by the judges;

Proverbs 22:22
Do not take away the property of the poor man because he is poor, or be cruel to the crushed ones when they come before the judge:

Isaiah 33:15
He whose ways are true, and whose words are upright; he who gives no thought to the profits of false acts, whose hands have not taken rewards, who will have no part in putting men to death, and whose eyes are shut against evil;

Amos 5:10
They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them.

Amos 5:12
For I have seen how your evil-doing is increased and how strong are your sins, you troublers of the upright, who take rewards and do wrong to the cause of the poor in the public place.

Zechariah 8:16
These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

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Exodus 12:12
For on that night I will go through the land of Egypt, sending death on every first male child, of man and of beast, and judging all the gods of Egypt: I am the Lord.

Exodus 18:23
If you do this, and God gives approval, then you will be able to go on without weariness, and all this people will go to their tents in peace.

Exodus 18:24
So Moses took note of the words of his father-in-law, and did as he had said.

Exodus 18:26
And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

Exodus 21:22
If men, while fighting, do damage to a woman with child, causing the loss of the child, but no other evil comes to her, the man will have to make payment up to the amount fixed by her husband, in agreement with the decision of the judges.

Exodus 22:9
In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.

Numbers 25:5
So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor.

Deuteronomy 19:18
And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

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Deuteronomy 1:18
And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.

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Deuteronomy 17:15
Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.

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2 Kings 10:1
Now there were in Samaria seventy of Ahab's sons. And Jehu sent letters to Samaria, to the rulers of the town, and to the responsible men, and to those who had the care of the sons of Ahab, saying,

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Job 29:8
The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;

Job 29:9
The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;

Job 29:10
The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

Job 29:11
For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

Job 29:12
For I was a saviour to the poor when he was crying for help, to the child with no father, and to him who had no supporter.

Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

Job 29:14
I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

Job 29:15
I was eyes to the blind, and feet to him who had no power of walking.

Job 29:16
I was a father to the poor, searching out the cause of him who was strange to me.

Job 29:17
By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

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Isaiah 11:5
And righteousness will be the cord of his robe, and good faith the band round his breast.

Isaiah 32:1
See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

Jeremiah 23:5
See, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will give to David a true Branch, and he will be ruling as king, acting wisely, doing what is right, and judging uprightly in the land.

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Malachi 2:6
True teaching was in his mouth, and no evil was seen on his lips: he was walking with me in peace and righteousness, turning numbers of people away from evil-doing.

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Malachi 2:7
For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.

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John 8:15
You are judging from what you see; I am judging no man.

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