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He charged them, “This is how you shall act: in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart;(A)

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The God of Israel has spoken;
    the Rock of Israel has said to me:
“One who rules over people justly,
    ruling in the fear of God,(A)

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Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God or partiality or taking of bribes.”(A)

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His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.

He shall not judge by what his eyes see
    or decide by what his ears hear,(A)
but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
    and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
    and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(B)
Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist
    and faithfulness the belt around his loins.(C)

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16 I charged your judges at that time: ‘Give the members of your community a fair hearing and judge rightly between one person and another, whether kin or resident alien.(A) 17 You must not be partial in judging: hear out the small and the great alike; you shall not be intimidated by anyone, for the judgment is God’s. Any case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’(B)

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Government with Justice Predicted

32 See, a king will reign in righteousness,
    and princes[a] will rule with justice.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 32.1 Gk: Heb and for princes