2 Samuel 23:3

Modern English Version

The God of Israel said, the rock of Israel spoke to me: He who rules over man justly, who rules in the fear of God,

Cross References

Genesis 33:20

He erected an altar there and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

2 Samuel 22:32

For who is God except the Lord? And who is a rock except our God?

2 Samuel 8:15

David reigned over all of Israel, and he administered fair judgments to all of his people.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord your God, who delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel, because the Lord loved Israel forever; therefore He made you king in order to execute judgment and justice.”

Nehemiah 5:14

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah (from the twentieth year even until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes) twelve years had passed. And my companions and I had not eaten the governor’s food allotment.

Job 34:17

Should he who hates justice govern? And will you condemn Him who is most just?

Psalm 110:2

The Lord will send your mighty scepter out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies!

Psalm 42:9

I will say to God, my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Psalm 72:1

Give the king Your justice, O God, and Your righteousness to the king’s son!

Psalm 72:2

May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your poor with justice.

Exodus 18:21

Moreover, you shall choose out of all the people capable men who fear God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and place these men over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Exodus 20:2

I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Exodus 3:15

God, moreover, said to Moses, “Thus you will say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you. This is My name forever, and this is My memorial to all generations.’

Proverbs 31:9

Speak out, judge righteously, plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 32:1

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule justly.

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the earth.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! And cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; he is righteous and able to deliver, he is humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the offspring of a donkey.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the rock; His work is perfect; for all His ways are just. He is a God of faithfulness and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.

Hebrews 1:8

But to the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, lasts forever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.