Deuteronomy 25:1 Cross References - NSB

¹ »When there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case. They justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

⁶ »Do not deny justice to a poor person at his trial. ⁷ »Do not make false accusations. Do not put an innocent person to death. I will condemn anyone who does this evil thing.

¹⁶ »I charged your judges to hear the cases between your countrymen and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger with him. ¹⁷ »You will not show partiality in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great. You will not fear man for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, bring to me, and I will hear it.’

¹⁸ »Appoint judges and officers for your tribes in every city Jehovah your God gives you. They are to judge the people fairly. ¹⁹ »Never pervert justice. Always be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right. ²⁰ »Only strive for justice so you will live and take possession of the land that Jehovah your God is giving you.

⁸ »If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you should go to the place Jehovah your God chooses. ⁹ »Approach the Levitical priest or the judge who is in office in those days. Inquire of them and they will declare to you the verdict in the case.

¹⁷ »The two people involved must stand in Jehovah’s presence, in front of the priests and judges who are serving at that time. ¹⁸ »The judges must make a thorough investigation. If it is found that the witness lied when he testified against the other Israelite, ¹⁹ do to him what he planned to do to the other person. Get rid of this evil.

³ »The God of Israel has spoken. The protector of Israel said to me: ‘The king who rules with justice, who rules in obedience to God.

⁶ He told the judges: »Be careful when you make your decisions in court. Remember these are Jehovah’s people. He will know the judgements you decide. ⁷ »Do your work in honor of him and know that he will not allow you to be unfair to anyone or to take bribes.« ⁸ Jehoshaphat also appointed some Levites, some priests, and some of the family leaders to serve as judges in Jerusalem. ⁹ He told them: »Faithfully serve Jehovah! ¹⁰ »Warn your relatives living in other cities about every case they bring to you, even if the case involves bloodshed or commandments, rules, or regulations derived from the law. Then your relatives will not become guilty in front of Jehovah. Otherwise, he will become angry with you and your relatives. Do this and you will not be guilty of anything.

⁷ »When I went out to the gate of the city, when I took my seat in the square, ⁸ the young men saw me and withdrew, and the aged rose up and stood. ⁹ »The nobles refrained from talking, and laid their hands on their mouths. ¹⁰ »The voices of princes were hushed. Their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths. ¹¹ »When the ear heard, it commended me, and when the eye saw, it approved. ¹² »This is because I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. ¹³ »The blessing of the wretched came upon me. I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy. ¹⁴ »I put on righteousness and it clothed me. My justice was like a robe and a turban. ¹⁵ »I was eyes to the blind, and feet to the lame. ¹⁶ »I was a father to the needy! I championed the cause of the stranger. ¹⁷ »I broke the fangs of the unrighteous. I made them drop their prey from their teeth.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones (O you God-like ones)? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? ² No, in your heart you plot unrighteousness. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.

² »How long are you going to judge unjustly? How long are you going to show partiality to the wicked? ³ »Defend the weak and fatherless. Protect the rights of the oppressed and the poor. ⁴ »Rescue the weak and needy. Help them escape the power of the wicked.«

¹⁵ Justify the wicked or condemn the just. Both are abomination to Jehovah.

⁸ Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all who are appointed to destruction. ⁹ Open your mouth and judge righteously. Plead the cause of the poor and needy.

²³ You let the guilty go free for a bribe and you keep the innocent from getting justice.

¹ Some day there will be a king who rules with integrity, and national leaders who govern with righteousness. Princes will rule for the sake of justice. ² Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.

¹⁷ »Learn to do good (well) (right). Seek justice. Correct oppressors. Defend orphans. Plead the case of widows.«

²³ Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.

⁴ But with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth (power of his words), and with the spirit (breath) of his lips he will destroy the wicked.

¹² »‘O house of David, Jehovah says: »Administer justice every morning. Deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. That way I may not have to offer my wrath like fire and burn with none to extinguish it, because of the evil of your deeds.«’

²⁴ »‘In all disputes the priests must act as judges and make decisions based on my Laws. They must obey my rules and my regulations at all my festivals. They must observe holy days to worship me.

¹ I said: »Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not your responsibility to know justice? ² »You hate good and love evil! You rip off their skin and their flesh from off their bones!

⁴ The law is paralyzed and justice is never delivered. The wicked surround the righteous and deliver perverted justice.

¹³ Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You cannot look at perversity. Why do you look at treacherous persons and not act? Why do you keep quiet when the wicked destroy the man who is more righteous?

¹⁸ »Once again my people will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between the person who serves God and the one who does not.«

¹⁰ »The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.