2 Samuel 23:3
New Living Translation
3 The God of Israel spoke.
The Rock of Israel said to me:
‘The one who rules righteously,
who rules in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 22:32
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32 For who is God except the Lord?
Who but our God is a solid rock?
Deuteronomy 32:4
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4 He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect.
Everything he does is just and fair.
He is a faithful God who does no wrong;
how just and upright he is!
Exodus 18:21
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21 But select from all the people some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as leaders over groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten.
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2 Samuel 22:2-3
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2 He sang:
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
3 my God is my rock, in whom I find protection.
He is my shield, the power that saves me,
and my place of safety.
He is my refuge, my savior,
the one who saves me from violence.
Hebrews 1:8
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8 But to the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever.
You rule with a scepter of justice.
Psalm 72:2
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2 Help him judge your people in the right way;
let the poor always be treated fairly.
Psalm 42:9
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9 “O God my rock,” I cry,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I wander around in grief,
oppressed by my enemies?”
Deuteronomy 32:30-31
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30 How could one person chase a thousand of them,
and two people put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given them up?
31 But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock,
as even they recognize.[a]
Footnotes
- 32:31 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Greek version reads our enemies are fools.
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
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Justice for the People
18 “Appoint judges and officials for yourselves from each of your tribes in all the towns the Lord your God is giving you. They must judge the people fairly. 19 You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly. 20 Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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Exodus 23:6-8
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6 “In a lawsuit, you must not deny justice to the poor.
7 “Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.
8 “Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth.
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Genesis 33:20
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20 And there he built an altar and named it El-Elohe-Israel.[a]
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- 33:20 El-Elohe-Israel means “God, the God of Israel.”
Zechariah 9:9
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Zion’s Coming King
9 Rejoice, O people of Zion![a]
Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
He is righteous and victorious,[b]
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—
riding on a donkey’s colt.
Jeremiah 23:5
New Living Translation
5 “For the time is coming,”
says the Lord,
“when I will raise up a righteous descendant[a]
from King David’s line.
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Footnotes
- 23:5 Hebrew a righteous branch.
Isaiah 32:1
New Living Translation
Israel’s Ultimate Deliverance
32 Look, a righteous king is coming!
And honest princes will rule under him.
Isaiah 11:1-5
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A Branch from David’s Line
11 Out of the stump of David’s family[a] will grow a shoot—
yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
2 And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him—
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 He will delight in obeying the Lord.
He will not judge by appearance
nor make a decision based on hearsay.
4 He will give justice to the poor
and make fair decisions for the exploited.
The earth will shake at the force of his word,
and one breath from his mouth will destroy the wicked.
5 He will wear righteousness like a belt
and truth like an undergarment.
Footnotes
- 11:1 Hebrew the stump of the line of Jesse. Jesse was King David’s father.
Proverbs 31:9
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9 Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless,
and see that they get justice.
Psalm 110:2
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2 The Lord will extend your powerful kingdom from Jerusalem[a];
you will rule over your enemies.
Footnotes
- 110:2 Hebrew Zion.
Psalm 82:3-4
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3 “Give justice to the poor and the orphan;
uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
4 Rescue the poor and helpless;
deliver them from the grasp of evil people.
Nehemiah 5:14
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14 For the entire twelve years that I was governor of Judah—from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes[a]—neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance.
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- 5:14 That is, 445–433 B.c.
2 Chronicles 19:7-9
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7 Fear the Lord and judge with integrity, for the Lord our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes.”
8 In Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests and clan leaders in Israel to serve as judges[a] for cases involving the Lord’s regulations and for civil disputes. 9 These were his instructions to them: “You must always act in the fear of the Lord, with faithfulness and an undivided heart.
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- 19:8 As in Greek version; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Exodus 20:2
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2 “I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
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Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the peoples on earth; for all the earth belongs to me. 6 And you will be my kingdom of priests, my holy nation.’ This is the message you must give to the people of Israel.”
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Exodus 3:15
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15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh,[a] the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.
This is my eternal name,
my name to remember for all generations.
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