2 Samuel 23:3
New International Version
2 Samuel 22:32
New International Version
Deuteronomy 32:4
New International Version
Exodus 18:21
New International Version
21 But select capable men(A) from all the people—men who fear(B) God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain(C)—and appoint them as officials(D) over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
2 Samuel 22:2-3
New International Version
2 He said:
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 22:3 Or sovereign
- 2 Samuel 22:3 Horn here symbolizes strength.
Hebrews 1:8
New International Version
8 But about the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;(A)
a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
Psalm 72:2
New International Version
2 May he judge your people in righteousness,(A)
your afflicted ones with justice.
Psalm 42:9
New International Version
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
New International Version
Judges
18 Appoint judges(A) and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.(B) 19 Do not pervert justice(C) or show partiality.(D) Do not accept a bribe,(E) for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent. 20 Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Exodus 23:6-8
New International Version
6 “Do not deny justice(A) to your poor people in their lawsuits. 7 Have nothing to do with a false charge(B) and do not put an innocent(C) or honest person to death,(D) for I will not acquit the guilty.(E)
8 “Do not accept a bribe,(F) for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
Genesis 33:20
New International Version
Footnotes
- Genesis 33:20 El Elohe Israel can mean El is the God of Israel or mighty is the God of Israel.
Zechariah 9:9
New International Version
The Coming of Zion’s King
Jeremiah 23:5
New International Version
Isaiah 32:1
New International Version
The Kingdom of Righteousness
Isaiah 11:1-5
New International Version
The Branch From Jesse
11 A shoot(A) will come up from the stump(B) of Jesse;(C)
from his roots a Branch(D) will bear fruit.(E)
2 The Spirit(F) of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom(G) and of understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and of might,(H)
the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
3 and he will delight in the fear(I) of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes,(J)
or decide by what he hears with his ears;(K)
4 but with righteousness(L) he will judge the needy,(M)
with justice(N) he will give decisions for the poor(O) of the earth.
He will strike(P) the earth with the rod of his mouth;(Q)
with the breath(R) of his lips he will slay the wicked.(S)
5 Righteousness will be his belt(T)
and faithfulness(U) the sash around his waist.(V)
Proverbs 31:9
New International Version
9 Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.(A)
Psalm 110:2
New International Version
Psalm 82:3-4
New International Version
Nehemiah 5:14
New International Version
14 Moreover, from the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes,(A) when I was appointed to be their governor(B) in the land of Judah, until his thirty-second year—twelve years—neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
2 Chronicles 19:7-9
New International Version
7 Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice(A) or partiality(B) or bribery.”
8 In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites,(C) priests(D) and heads of Israelite families to administer(E) the law of the Lord and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem. 9 He gave them these orders: “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the Lord.
Exodus 20:2
New International Version
Exodus 19:5-6
New International Version
5 Now if you obey me fully(A) and keep my covenant,(B) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.(C) Although the whole earth(D) is mine, 6 you[a] will be for me a kingdom of priests(E) and a holy nation.’(F) These are the words you are to speak to the Israelites.”
Footnotes
- Exodus 19:6 Or possession, for the whole earth is mine. 6 You
Exodus 3:15
New International Version
15 God also said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[a] the God of your fathers(A)—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob(B)—has sent me to you.’
Footnotes
- Exodus 3:15 The Hebrew for Lord sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew for I am in verse 14.
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.