Bible verses about "lawyers" | CLV

⁶ You shall not turn aside the judgment of your needy in his contention.

¹⁵ You shall not do iniquity in judgment; you shall not lift up the face of the poor nor honor the face of the great. In righteousness shall you judge your companion.

¹⁵ He who justifies the wicked person and he who condemns the righteous man, Even both of them are an abhorrence to Yahweh."

¹² All, then, whatever you should be wanting that men should be doing to you, thus you, also, be doing to them, for this is the law and the prophets."

³⁵ And one of them, learned in the law, trying Him, inquires,

³⁴ Yet, rising, a certain Pharisee in the Sanhedrin, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by the entire people, orders them to put the men outside a bit."

¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God, for many false prophets have come out into the world."

¹¹ Rescue those being taken to death, And you should keep back those who are slipping away to the kill."

²⁵ A faithful witness rescues souls, Yet he who breathes out lies is lost in deceit."

²⁵ And lo! a certain lawyer rose, putting Him on trial, and saying, "Teacher, by doing what should I enjoy the allotment of life eonian? ²⁶ Now He said to him, "What is written in the law? How are you reading? ²⁷ Now he, answering, said, "You shall be loving the Lord your God out of your whole heart, and with your whole soul, and with your whole strength, and with your whole comprehension, and 'your associate as yourself.'" ²⁸ Now He said to him, "Correctly have you answered. This be doing and you shall be living." ²⁹ Yet he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my associate? ³⁰ Now taking him up, Jesus said, "A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho. And he falls among robbers, who, stripping him as well as pounding him, came away, leaving him half dead." ³¹ Now it happens by a coincidence, that a certain priest descended by that road, and, perceiving him, passed by on the other side." ³² Now likewise, a Levite also, coming to the place and perceiving him, passed by on the other side." ³³ Now a certain Samaritan, being on his way, came by him, and perceiving him, he has compassion, ³⁴ and coming to him, he bandages his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Now, mounting him on his own beast, he led him to a khan and had him cared for." ³⁵ And, on the morrow, coming away, extracting two denarii, he gives them to the khan keeper and said to him, 'Care for him, and anything whatever you should be expending, at my coming back, I will be paying you.'" ³⁶ Which, then, of these three are you supposing has become an associate of the one falling in with the robbers? ³⁷ Now he said, "The one doing the merciful thing with him.Now Jesus said to him, "Go, and you do likewise."

³² and you will know the truth, and the truth will be making you free."

¹⁴ For the entire law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your associate as yourself."

¹ Christ, then, having suffered for our sakes in flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same thought, for he who is suffering in flesh has ceased his sins, ² 2 by no means still to spend the rest of his lifetime in the flesh in human desires, but in the will of God." ³ For sufficient is the time which has passed by to have effected the intention of the nations, having gone on in wantonness, lusts, debauches, revelries, drinking bouts, and illicit idolatries, ⁴ while they are thinking it strange of you not to race together into the same puddle of profligacy, calumniating you;" ⁵ who shall be rendering an account to Him Who is holding Himself in readiness to judge the living and the dead. ⁶ For for this an evangel is brought to the dead also, that they may be judged, indeed, according to men in flesh, yet should be living according to God, in spirit."

⁸ To no one owe anything, except to be loving one another, for he who is loving another has fulfilled law." ⁹ For this: "You shall not commit adultery,you shall not murder,you shall not steal,you shall not testify falsely,you shall not covet,and if there is any other precept, it is summed up in this saying, in this: "You shall love your associate as yourself." ¹⁰ Love is not working evil to an associate. The complement, then, of law, is love."

⁴ No one is calling in righteousness, and no one is being judged in faithfulness. They trust in chaos, and speak futility. They are pregnant with toil, and generate lawlessness."

⁴⁵ Now, answering, a certain one of those learned in the law is saying to Him, "Teacher, saying these things, us also are you outraging." ⁴⁶ Yet He said, "To you who are learned in the law, also, woe! for you are loading men with loads hard to bear, and you yourselves are not grazing the loads with one of your fingers." ⁴⁷ Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets, yet your fathers kill them." ⁴⁸ Consequently you are witnesses and are endorsing the acts of your fathers, for they, indeed, kill them, yet you are building their tombs." ⁴⁹ Therefore, also, God's Wisdom said, 'I shall be dispatching to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will be killing and banishing,'" ⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets which is shed from the disruption of the world may be exacted from this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the house. Yea, I am saying to you, It will be exacted from this generation!" ⁵² Woe to you who are learned in the law! for you take away the key of knowledge-you yourselves do not enter, and those who are entering you prevent."

⁸ Open your mouth for the mute, For the adjudication of all the sons of insecurity;" ⁹ Open your mouth; judge righteously; And adjudicate the humble and needy one.