2 Samuel 23:3

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has said to me: When one rules justly over men, ruling in the fear of God,

Cross References

Genesis 33:20

There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

2 Samuel 22:32

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

2 Samuel 8:15

So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

1 Kings 10:9

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel for ever, he has made you king, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”

Nehemiah 5:14

Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Ar-ta-xerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brethren ate the food allowance of the governor.

Job 34:17

Shall one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,

Psalm 110:2

The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your foes!

Psalm 42:9

I say to God, my rock: “Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”

Psalm 72:1

Give the king thy justice, O God, and thy righteousness to the royal son!

Psalm 72:2

May he judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with justice!

Exodus 18:21

Moreover choose able men from all the people, such as fear God, men who are trustworthy and who hate a bribe; and place such men over the people as rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and 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 also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel, ‘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 for ever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, judge righteously, maintain the rights of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 32:1

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice.

Jeremiah 23:5

“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when 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 land.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on an ass, on a colt the foal of an ass.

Deuteronomy 32:4

“The Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Hebrews 1:8

But of the Son he says, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, the righteous scepter is the scepter of thy kingdom.