Bible verses about "lawyers" | Darby

⁶ Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

¹⁵ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the lowly, nor honour the person of the great; in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

¹⁵ He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are abomination to Jehovah.

¹² Therefore all things whatever ye desire that men should do to you, thus do *ye* also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

³⁵ And one of them, a lawyer, demanded, tempting him, and saying,

³⁴ But a certain [man], a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, held in honour of all the people, rose up in the council, and commanded to put the men out for a short while,

¹ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

¹¹ Deliver them that are taken forth unto death, and withdraw not from them that stagger to slaughter.

²⁵ A true witness delivereth souls; but deceit uttereth lies.

³² and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

²⁵ And behold, a certain lawyer stood up tempting him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, shall I inherit life eternal? ²⁶ And he said to him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? ²⁷ But he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thine understanding; and thy neighbour as thyself. ²⁸ And he said to him, Thou hast answered right: this do and thou shalt live. ²⁹ But he, desirous of justifying himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour? ³⁰ And Jesus replying said, A certain man descended from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell into [the hands of] robbers, who also, having stripped him and inflicted wounds, went away leaving him in a half-dead state. ³¹ And a certain priest happened to go down that way, and seeing him, passed on on the opposite side; ³² and in like manner also a Levite, being at the spot, came and looked [at him] and passed on on the opposite side. ³³ But a certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing [him], was moved with compassion, ³⁴ and came up [to him] and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and having put him on his own beast, took him to [the] inn and took care of him. ³⁵ And on the morrow [as he left], taking out two denarii he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt expend more, *I* will render to thee on my coming back. ³⁶ Which [now] of these three seems to thee to have been neighbour of him who fell into [the hands of] the robbers? ³⁷ And he said, He that shewed him mercy. And Jesus said to him, Go, and do *thou* likewise.

¹ Christ, then, having suffered for us in [the] flesh, do *ye* also arm yourselves with the same mind; for he that has suffered in [the] flesh has done with sin, ² no longer to live the rest of [his] time in [the] flesh to men`s lusts, but to God`s will. ³ For the time past [is] sufficient [for us] to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries. ⁴ Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same sink of corruption, speaking injuriously [of you]; ⁵ who shall render account to him who is ready to judge [the] living and [the] dead. ⁶ For to this [end] were the glad tidings preached to [the] dead also, that they might be judged, as regards men, after [the] flesh, but live, as regards God, after [the] Spirit.

¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

⁸ Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. ⁹ For, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not lust; and if there be any other commandment, it is summed up in this word, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. ¹⁰ Love works no ill to its neighbour; love therefore [is the] whole law.

⁴ none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

⁴⁵ And one of the doctors of the law answering says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou insultest us also. ⁴⁶ And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers. ⁴⁷ Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ Ye bear witness then, and consent to the works of your fathers; for *they* killed them, and *ye* build [their sepulchres]. ⁴⁹ For this reason also the wisdom of God has said, I will send to them prophets and apostles, and of these shall they kill and drive out by persecution, ⁵⁰ that the blood of all the prophets which has been poured out from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, ⁵¹ from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. ⁵² Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.

⁸ Open thy mouth for the dumb, for the cause of all those that are left desolate. ⁹ Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.