Luke 18:2
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2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who (A)neither feared God nor respected man.
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Luke 18:4
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4 For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, (A)‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
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Proverbs 29:7
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7 A righteous man (A)knows the rights of the poor;
a wicked man does not (B)understand such knowledge.
Psalm 8:1-4
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How Majestic Is Your Name
To the choirmaster: according to The (A)Gittith.[a] A Psalm of David.
8 O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your (B)name in all the earth!
You have set your (C)glory above the heavens.
2 (D)Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established (E)strength because of your foes,
to still (F)the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I (G)look at your heavens, the work of your (H)fingers,
the moon and the stars, (I)which you have set in place,
4 (J)what is man that you are (K)mindful of him,
and (L)the son of man that you (M)care for him?
Footnotes
- Psalm 8:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Micah 3:1-3
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Rulers and Prophets Denounced
3 And I said:
(A)Hear, you heads of Jacob
and rulers of the house of Israel!
(B)Is it not for you to know justice?—
2 you (C)who hate the good and love the evil,
(D)who tear the skin from off my people[a]
and their flesh from off their bones,
3 (E)who eat the flesh of my people,
and flay their skin from off them,
and break their bones in pieces
and chop them up like meat in a pot,
like flesh in a cauldron.
Footnotes
- Micah 3:2 Hebrew from off them
Romans 3:14-18
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14 (A)“Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness.”
15 (B)“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16 in their paths are ruin and misery,
17 and (C)the way of peace they have not known.”
18 (D)“There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
Ezekiel 22:6-8
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6 “Behold, (A)the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been bent on shedding blood. 7 Father and mother (B)are treated with contempt in you; the sojourner (C)suffers extortion in your midst; the fatherless and the widow (D)are wronged in you. 8 (E)You have despised my holy things and (F)profaned my Sabbaths.
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Jeremiah 22:16-17
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16 (A)He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
(B)then it was well.
Is not this (C)to know me?
declares the Lord.
17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
(D)for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
Job 29:7-17
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7 When I went out to (A)the gate of the city,
when I prepared my seat in the square,
8 the young men saw me and withdrew,
and the aged rose and stood;
9 the princes refrained from talking
and (B)laid their hand on their mouth;
10 the voice of the nobles was hushed,
and their (C)tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard, it called me blessed,
and when the eye saw, it approved,
12 because I (D)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
13 (E)The blessing of him who was (F)about to perish came upon me,
and I caused (G)the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I (H)put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
my justice was like a robe and (I)a turban.
15 I was (J)eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out (K)the cause of him whom I did not know.
17 I (L)broke (M)the fangs of the unrighteous
and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
2 Chronicles 19:3-9
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3 Nevertheless, (A)some good is found in you, for (B)you destroyed the Asheroth out of the land, and have (C)set your heart to seek God.”
4 Jehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem. And he went out again among the people, from Beersheba to (D)the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers. 5 He appointed (E)judges in the land in all (F)the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 6 and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, (G)for you judge not for man but for the Lord. He is with you in giving judgment. 7 Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for (H)there is no injustice with the Lord our God, (I)or partiality or taking bribes.”
8 Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat (J)appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, (K)to give judgment for the Lord and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem. 9 And he charged them: (L)“Thus you shall do in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, (M)and with your whole heart:
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Exodus 18:21-22
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21 Moreover, look for (A)able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. 22 And (B)let them judge the people at all times. (C)Every great matter they shall bring to you, but any small matter they shall decide themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will (D)bear the burden with you.
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Isaiah 33:8
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8 (A)The highways lie waste;
the traveler ceases.
(B)Covenants are broken;
cities[a] are despised;
there is no regard for man.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll witnesses
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