Deuteronomy 25:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

Cross References

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just   – both are detestable to the  Lord.

Matthew 3:10

The axe is already at the root of the trees. Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.

Malachi 3:18

So you will again see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes  are too pure  to look on evil, and you cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do you tolerate those who are treacherous? Why are you silent while one  who is wicked swallows up one  who is more righteous than himself?

Habakkuk 1:4

This is why the law is ineffective and justice never emerges. For the wicked restrict  the righteous; therefore, justice  comes out perverted.

Ezekiel 44:24

‘In a dispute, they will officiate as judges and decide the case according to my ordinances.  They are to observe my laws and statutes regarding all my appointed festivals, and keep my Sabbaths holy.

Jeremiah 21:12

House of David, this is what the Lord says: Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from his oppressor, or my anger will flare up like fire and burn unquenchably because of your evil deeds.

Isaiah 11:4

but he will judge the poor righteously and execute justice for the oppressed of the land. He will strike the land with a sceptre  from his mouth, and he will kill the wicked with a command  from his lips.

Isaiah 5:23

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do what is good. Pursue justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widow’s cause.

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘The one who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

Exodus 22:9

In any case of wrongdoing involving an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or anything else lost, and someone claims, “That’s mine,”  the case between the two parties is to come before the judges.  The one the judges condemn  must repay double to his neighbour.

Deuteronomy 17:11

You must abide by the instruction they give you and the verdict they announce to you. Do not turn to the right or the left from the decision they declare to you.

Deuteronomy 24:22

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

1 Kings 8:32

may you hear in heaven and act. May you judge your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing what he has done on his own head and providing justice for the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

Isaiah 5:20

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness, who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Lamentations 3:35

denying justice to a man in the presence of the Most High,

Lamentations 3:36

or subverting a person in his lawsuit   – the Lord does not approve of these things.