1 Samuel 8:20
that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”
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1 Samuel 8:20
that we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”
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1 Samuel 8:19
But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No, but we will have a king over us,
Exodus 23:2
“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.
Deuteronomy 12:30
be careful that you are not ensnared to follow them after they are destroyed from before you, and that you not inquire after their gods, saying, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
1 Samuel 12:12
“When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ when Yahweh your God was your king.
2 Kings 17:15
They rejected his statutes and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified to them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and followed the nations that were around them, concerning whom Yahweh had commanded them that they should not do like them.
Matthew 23:2
saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat.
Matthew 23:3
All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don’t do their works; for they say, and don’t do.
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Numbers 23:9
For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.
Deuteronomy 33:28
Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew.
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Numbers 27:17
who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in, that the congregation of Yahweh may not be as sheep which have no shepherd.”
1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
2 Chronicles 1:10
Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of yours?”
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