Isaiah 28:6
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6 and a spirit of justice to the one who sits in judgment
and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.(A)
Psalm 18:32-34
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32 The God who has girded me with strength
and made my way safe.[a]
33 He made my feet like the feet of a deer
and set me secure on the heights.(A)
34 He trains my hands for war,
so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.(B)
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- 18.32 Meaning of Heb uncertain
John 5:30
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Witnesses to Jesus
30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.(A)
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Isaiah 11:2-4
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2 The spirit of the Lord shall 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.(A)
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,(B)
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.(C)
Joshua 1:9
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9 I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”(A)
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Numbers 11:16-17
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The Seventy Elders
16 So the Lord said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; bring them to the tent of meeting and have them take their place there with you.(A) 17 I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people along with you so that you will not bear it all by yourself.(B)
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John 3:34
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34 He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.(A)
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Isaiah 32:15-16
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15 until a spirit from on high is poured out on us,
and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.(A)
The Peace of God’s Reign
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness
and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.(B)
1 Corinthians 12:8
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8 To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit,(A)
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Proverbs 20:8
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8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
winnows all evil with his eyes.
Psalm 72:1-4
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Psalm 72
Prayer for Guidance and Support for the King
Of Solomon.
1 Give the king your justice, O God,
and your righteousness to a king’s son.(A)
2 May he judge your people with righteousness
and your poor with justice.(B)
3 May the mountains yield prosperity for the people,
and the hills, in righteousness.(C)
4 May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the needy,
and crush the oppressor.(D)
Psalm 46:1
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Psalm 46
God’s Defense of His City and People
To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song.
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- 46.1 Or well proved
2 Chronicles 32:8
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8 With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” The people were encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.(A)
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1 Kings 3:28
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28 All Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him to execute justice.(A)
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Deuteronomy 20:4
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4 for it is the Lord your God who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you victory.’(A)
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Numbers 27:16-18
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16 “Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint someone over the congregation(A) 17 who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord may not be like sheep without a shepherd.”(B) 18 So the Lord said to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand upon him;(C)
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Genesis 41:38-39
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38 Pharaoh said to his servants, “Can we find anyone else like this, one in whom is the spirit of God?”(A) 39 So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has shown you all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you.
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Psalm 46:11
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11 The Lord of hosts is with us;
the God of Jacob is our refuge.[a] Selah
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- 46.11 Or fortress
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