2 Chronicles 19:9
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9 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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2 Samuel 23:3
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3 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)
2 Chronicles 19:7
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7 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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Isaiah 11:3-5
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3 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)
4 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)
5 Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.(C)
Deuteronomy 1:16-17
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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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Isaiah 32:1
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