Verse 21

Moreover thou shalt provide{H2372} out of all the people{H5971} able{H2428} men,{H582} such as fear{H3373} God,{H430} men{H582} of truth,{H571} hating{H8130} unjust gain;{H1215} and place{H7760} such over them, to be rulers{H8269} of thousands,{H505} rulers{H8269} of hundreds,{H3967} rulers{H8269} of fifties,{H2572} and rulers{H8269} of tens:{H6235}

Referenced Verses

  • Acts 6:3 : 3 Look ye out{G1980} therefore,{G3767} brethren,{G80} from among you{G5216} seven{G2033} men{G435} of{G1537} good report,{G3140} full{G4134} of the {G40} Spirit{G4151} and{G2532} of wisdom,{G4678} whom{G3739} we may appoint{G2525} over{G1909} this{G5026} business.{G5532}
  • 2 Chr 19:5-9 : 5 And he set{H5975} judges{H8199} in the land{H776} throughout all the fortified{H1219} cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} city{H5892} by city,{H5892} 6 and said{H559} to the judges,{H8199} Consider{H7200} what ye do:{H6213} for ye judge{H8199} not for man,{H120} but for Jehovah;{H3068} and [he is] with you in the judgment.{H1697} 7 Now therefore let the fear{H6343} of Jehovah{H3068} be upon you; take heed{H8104} and do{H6213} it: for there is no iniquity{H5766} with Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} nor respect{H4856} of persons,{H6440} nor taking{H4727} of bribes.{H7810} 8 Moreover in Jerusalem{H3389} did Jehoshaphat{H3092} set{H5975} of the Levites{H3881} and the priests,{H3548} and of the heads{H7218} of the fathers'{H1} [houses] of Israel,{H3478} for the judgment{H4941} of Jehovah,{H3068} and for controversies.{H7379} And they returned{H7725} to Jerusalem.{H3389} 9 And he charged{H6680} them, saying,{H559} Thus shall ye do{H6213} in the fear{H3374} of Jehovah,{H3068} faithfully,{H530} and with a perfect{H8003} heart.{H3824} 10 And whensoever any controversy shall come{H935} to you from your brethren{H251} that dwell{H3427} in their cities,{H5892} between blood{H1818} and blood,{H1818} between law{H8451} and commandment,{H4687} statutes{H2706} and ordinances,{H4941} ye shall warn{H2094} them, that they be not guilty{H816} towards Jehovah,{H3068} and so wrath{H7110} come upon you and upon your brethren:{H251} this{H3541} do,{H6213} and ye shall not be guilty.{H816}
  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 Judges{H8199} and officers{H7860} shalt thou make{H5414} thee in all thy gates,{H8179} which Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} giveth{H5414} thee, according to thy tribes;{H7626} and they shall judge{H8199} the people{H5971} with righteous{H6664} judgment.{H4941} 19 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} justice:{H4941} thou shalt not respect{H5234} persons;{H6440} neither shalt thou take{H3947} a bribe;{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} doth blind{H5786} the eyes{H5869} of the wise,{H2450} and pervert{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662}
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto them the third{H7992} day,{H3117} This do,{H6213} and live;{H2421} for I fear{H3373} God:{H430}
  • Exod 18:25 : 25 And Moses{H4872} chose{H977} able{H2428} men{H582} out of all Israel,{H3478} and made{H5414} them heads{H7218} over the people,{H5971} rulers{H8269} of thousands,{H505} rulers{H8269} of hundreds,{H3967} rulers{H8269} of fifties,{H2572} and rulers{H8269} of tens.{H6235}
  • 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God{H430} of Israel{H3478} said,{H559} The Rock{H6697} of Israel{H3478} spake{H1696} to me: One that ruleth{H4910} over men{H120} righteously,{H6662} That ruleth{H4910} in the fear{H3374} of God,{H430}
  • Ezek 18:8 : 8 he that hath not given forth{H5414} upon interest,{H5392} neither hath taken{H3947} any increase,{H8636} that hath withdrawn{H7725} his hand{H3027} from iniquity,{H5766} hath executed{H6213} true{H571} justice{H4941} between man{H376} and man,{H376}
  • Ezek 22:12 : 12 In thee have they taken{H3947} bribes{H7810} to shed{H8210} blood;{H1818} thou hast taken{H3947} interest{H5392} and increase,{H8636} and thou hast greedily gained{H1214} of thy neighbors{H7453} by oppression,{H6233} and hast forgotten{H7911} me, saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Zech 7:9 : 9 Thus hath Jehovah{H3068} of hosts{H6635} spoken,{H559} saying,{H559} Execute{H8199} true{H571} judgment,{H4941} and show{H6213} kindness{H2617} and compassion{H7356} every man{H376} to his brother;{H251}
  • Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things{H1697} that ye shall do:{H6213} speak{H1696} ye every man{H376} the truth{H571} with his neighbor;{H7453} execute{H8199} the judgment{H4941} of truth{H571} and peace{H7965} in your gates;{H8179}
  • Luke 18:2 : 2 saying,{G3004} There was{G2258} in{G1722} a{G5100} city{G4172} a judge,{G2923} who{G5100} feared{G5399} not{G3361} God,{G2316} and{G2532} regarded{G1788} not{G3361} man:{G444}
  • Luke 18:4 : 4 And{G2532} he would{G2309} not{G3756} for{G1909} a{G5023} while:{G5550} but{G1161} afterward{G3326} he said{G2036} within{G1722} himself,{G1438} {G2532} Though{G1487} I{G2532} fear{G5399} not{G3756} God,{G2532} nor{G3756} regard{G1788} man;{G444}
  • 1 Kgs 3:9-9 : 9 Give{H5414} thy servant{H5650} therefore an understanding{H8085} heart{H3820} to judge{H8199} thy people,{H5971} that I may discern{H995} between good{H2896} and evil;{H7451} for who is able{H3201} to judge{H8199} this thy great{H3515} people?{H5971} 10 And the speech{H1697} pleased{H3190} the Lord,{H136} that Solomon{H8010} had asked{H7592} this thing.{H1697} 11 And God{H430} said{H559} unto him, Because thou hast asked{H7592} this thing,{H1697} and hast not asked{H7592} for thyself long{H7227} life,{H3117} neither hast asked{H7592} riches{H6239} for thyself, nor hast asked{H7592} the life{H5315} of thine enemies,{H341} but hast asked{H7592} for thyself understanding{H995} to discern{H8085} justice;{H4941} 12 behold, I have done{H6213} according to thy word:{H1697} lo, I have given{H5414} thee a wise{H2450} and an understanding{H995} heart;{H3820} so that there hath been none like thee before{H6440} thee, neither after{H310} thee shall any arise{H6965} like unto thee.
  • 1 Kgs 18:3 : 3 And Ahab{H256} called{H7121} Obadiah,{H5662} who was over the household.{H1004} (Now Obadiah{H5662} feared{H3373} Jehovah{H3068} greatly:{H3966}
  • 1 Kgs 18:12 : 12 And it will come to pass, as soon as I am gone{H3212} from thee, that the Spirit{H7307} of Jehovah{H3068} will carry{H5375} thee whither I know{H3045} not; and so when I come{H935} and tell{H5046} Ahab,{H256} and he cannot find{H4672} thee, he will slay{H2026} me: but I thy servant{H5650} fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} from my youth.{H5271}
  • Acts 20:33 : 33 I coveted{G1937} no man's{G3762} silver,{G694} or{G2228} gold,{G5553} or{G2228} apparel.{G2441}
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 no{G3361} brawler,{G269} no{G3361} striker;{G4131} but{G235} gentle,{G1933} not contentious,{G269} no lover{G866} of money;{G146}
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But{G1161} they that are minded{G1014} to be rich{G4147} fall{G1706} into{G1519} a temptation{G3986} and{G2532} a snare{G3803} and{G2532} many{G4183} foolish{G453} and{G2532} hurtful{G983} lusts,{G1939} such as{G3748} drown{G1036} men{G444} in{G1519} destruction{G3639} and{G2532} perdition.{G684} 10 For{G1063} the love of money{G5365} is{G2076} a root{G4491} of all{G3956} kinds of evil:{G2556} which{G3739} {G3713} some{G5100} reaching after{G3713} have been led astray{G635} from{G575} the faith,{G4102} and{G2532} have pierced{G4044} themselves{G1438} through{G4044} with many{G4183} sorrows.{G3601} 11 But{G1161} thou,{G4771} O{G5599} man{G444} of God,{G2316} flee{G5343} these things;{G5023} and{G1161} follow after{G1377} righteousness,{G1343} godliness,{G2150} faith,{G4102} love,{G26} patience,{G5281} meekness.{G4236}
  • 2 Pet 2:14-15 : 14 having{G2192} eyes{G3788} full{G3324} of adultery,{G3428} and{G2532} that cannot cease{G180} from sin;{G266} enticing{G1185} unstedfast{G793} souls;{G2192} having a heart{G2588} exercised{G1128} in covetousness;{G4124} children{G5043} of cursing;{G2671} 15 forsaking{G2641} the right{G2117} way,{G3598} they went astray,{G4105} having followed{G1811} the way{G3598} of Balaam{G903} the [son] of Beor,{G1007} who{G3739} loved{G25} the hire{G3408} of wrong-doing;{G93}
  • Gen 22:12 : 12 And he said,{H559} Lay{H7971} not thy hand{H3027} upon{H413} the lad,{H5288} neither do thou{H6213} anything{H3972} unto him; for now{H6258} I know{H3045} that thou fearest God,{H430} seeing thou hast not{H3808} withheld{H2820} thy son,{H1121} thine only{H3173} son,{H1121} from me.
  • Exod 23:2-9 : 2 Thou shalt not follow{H310} a multitude{H7227} to do evil;{H7451} neither shalt thou speak{H6030} in a cause{H7379} to turn aside{H5186} after{H310} a multitude{H7227} to wrest{H5186} [justice]: 3 neither shalt thou favor{H1921} a poor{H1800} man in his cause.{H7379} 4 If thou meet{H6293} thine enemy's{H341} ox{H7794} or his ass{H2543} going astray,{H8582} thou shalt surely{H7725} bring it back{H7725} to him again.{H7725} 5 If thou see{H7200} the ass{H2543} of him that hateth{H8130} thee lying{H7257} under his burden,{H4853} thou shalt forbear{H2308} to leave{H5800} him, thou shalt surely{H5800} release{H5800} [it] with him. 6 Thou shalt not wrest{H5186} the justice{H4941} [due] to thy poor{H34} in his cause.{H7379} 7 Keep thee far{H7368} from a false{H8267} matter;{H1697} and the innocent{H5355} and righteous{H6662} slay{H2026} thou not: for I will not justify{H6663} the wicked.{H7563} 8 And thou shalt take{H3947} no bribe:{H7810} for a bribe{H7810} blindeth{H5786} them that have sight,{H6493} and perverteth{H5557} the words{H1697} of the righteous.{H6662} 9 And a sojourner{H1616} shalt thou not oppress:{H3905} for ye know{H3045} the heart{H5315} of a sojourner,{H1616} seeing{H3588} ye were sojourners{H1616} in the land{H776} of Egypt.{H4714}
  • Num 10:4 : 4 And if they blow{H8628} but one,{H259} then the princes,{H5387} the heads{H7218} of the thousands{H505} of Israel,{H3478} shall gather{H3259} themselves unto thee.
  • Deut 1:13-17 : 13 Take{H3051} you wise{H2450} men,{H582} and understanding,{H995} and known,{H3045} according to your tribes,{H7626} and I will make{H7760} them heads{H7218} over you. 14 And ye answered{H6030} me, and said,{H559} The thing{H1697} which thou hast spoken{H1696} is good{H2896} [for us] to do.{H6213} 15 So I took{H3947} the heads{H7218} of your tribes,{H7626} wise{H2450} men,{H582} and known,{H3045} and made{H5414} them heads{H7218} over you, captains{H8269} of thousands,{H505} and captains{H8269} of hundreds,{H3967} and captains{H8269} of fifties,{H2572} and captains{H8269} of tens,{H6235} and officers,{H7860} according to your tribes.{H7626} 16 And I charged{H6680} your judges{H8199} at that time,{H6256} saying,{H559} Hear{H8085} [the causes] between your brethren,{H251} and judge{H8199} righteously{H6664} between a man{H376} and his brother,{H251} and the sojourner{H1616} that is with him. 17 Ye shall not respect{H5234} persons{H6440} in judgment;{H4941} ye shall hear{H8085} the small{H6996} and the great{H1419} alike; ye shall not be afraid{H1481} of the face{H6440} of man;{H376} for the judgment{H4941} is God's:{H430} and the cause{H1697} that is too hard{H7185} for you ye shall bring{H7126} unto me, and I will hear{H8085} it.
  • Josh 22:14 : 14 and with him ten{H6235} princes,{H5387} one prince{H5387} of a fathers'{H1} house{H1004} for each{H259} of the tribes{H4294} of Israel;{H3478} and they were every one{H376} of them head{H7218} of their fathers'{H1} houses{H1004} among the thousands{H505} of Israel.{H3478}
  • 1 Sam 8:3 : 3 And his sons{H1121} walked{H1980} not in his ways,{H1870} but turned aside{H5186} after{H310} lucre,{H1215} and took{H3947} bribes,{H7810} and perverted{H5186} justice.{H4941}
  • 1 Sam 8:12 : 12 and he will appoint{H7760} them unto him for captains{H8269} of thousands,{H505} and captains{H8269} of fifties;{H2572} and [he will set some] to plow{H2790} his ground,{H2758} and to reap{H7114} his harvest,{H7105} and to make{H6213} his instruments{H3627} of war,{H4421} and the instruments{H3627} of his chariots.{H7393}
  • 1 Sam 12:3-4 : 3 Here I am: witness{H6030} against me before Jehovah,{H3068} and before his anointed:{H4899} whose ox{H7794} have I taken?{H3947} or whose ass{H2543} have I taken?{H3947} or whom have I defrauded?{H6231} whom have I oppressed?{H7533} or of whose hand{H3027} have I taken a ransom{H3724} to blind{H5956} mine eyes{H5869} therewith? and I will restore{H7725} it you. 4 And they said,{H559} Thou hast not defrauded{H6231} us, nor oppressed{H7533} us, neither hast thou taken{H3947} aught{H3972} of any man's{H376} hand.{H3027}
  • Neh 5:9 : 9 Also I said,{H559} The thing that{H1697} ye do{H6213} is not good:{H2896} ought ye not to walk{H3212} in the fear{H3374} of our God,{H430} because of the reproach{H2781} of the nations{H1471} our enemies?{H341}
  • Neh 7:2 : 2 that I gave my brother{H251} Hanani,{H2607} and Hananiah{H2608} the governor{H8269} of the castle,{H1002} charge{H6680} over Jerusalem;{H3389} for he was a faithful{H571} man,{H376} and feared{H3372} God{H430} above many.{H7227}
  • Job 29:16 : 16 I was a father{H1} to the needy:{H34} And the cause{H7379} of him that I knew{H3045} not I searched out.{H2713}
  • Job 31:13 : 13 If I have despised{H3988} the cause{H4941} of my man-servant{H5650} or of my maid-servant,{H519} When they contended{H7379} with me;
  • Ps 15:5 : 5 He that putteth not out{H5414} his money{H3701} to interest,{H5392} Nor taketh{H3947} reward{H7810} against the innocent.{H5355} He that doeth{H6213} these things shall never{H5769} be moved.{H4131}
  • Ps 26:9-9 : 9 Gather{H622} not my soul{H5315} with sinners,{H2400} Nor my life{H2416} with men{H582} of blood;{H1818} 10 In whose hands{H3027} is wickedness,{H2154} And their right hand{H3225} is full{H4390} of bribes.{H7810}
  • Prov 28:2 : 2 For the transgression{H6588} of a land{H776} many{H7227} are the princes{H8269} thereof; But by men{H120} of understanding{H995} [and] knowledge{H3045} the state{H3651} [thereof] shall be prolonged.{H748}
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 This is the end{H5490} of the matter;{H1697} all hath been heard:{H8085} fear{H3372} God,{H430} and keep{H8104} his commandments;{H4687} for this is the whole duty of man.{H120}
  • Isa 16:5 : 5 And a throne{H3678} shall be established{H3559} in lovingkindness;{H2617} and one shall sit{H3427} thereon in truth,{H571} in the tent{H168} of David,{H1732} judging,{H8199} and seeking{H1875} justice,{H4941} and swift{H4106} to do righteousness.{H6664}
  • Isa 33:15 : 15 He that walketh{H1980} righteously,{H6666} and speaketh{H1696} uprightly;{H4339} he that despiseth{H3988} the gain{H1215} of oppressions,{H4642} that shaketh{H5287} his hands{H3709} from taking{H8551} a bribe,{H7810} that stoppeth{H331} his ears{H241} from hearing{H8085} of blood,{H1818} and shutteth{H6105} his eyes{H5869} from looking{H7200} upon evil:{H7451}
  • Isa 59:4 : 4 None sueth{H7121} in righteousness,{H6664} and none pleadeth{H8199} in truth:{H530} they trust{H982} in vanity,{H8414} and speak{H1696} lies;{H7723} they conceive{H2029} mischief,{H5999} and bring forth{H3205} iniquity.{H205}
  • Isa 59:14-15 : 14 And justice{H4941} is turned away{H5253} backward,{H268} and righteousness{H6666} standeth{H5975} afar off;{H7350} for truth{H571} is fallen{H3782} in the street,{H7339} and uprightness{H5229} cannot{H3201} enter.{H935} 15 Yea, truth{H571} is lacking;{H5737} and he that departeth{H5493} from evil{H7451} maketh himself a prey.{H7997} And Jehovah{H3068} saw{H7200} it, and it displeased{H3415} him that there was no justice.{H4941}
  • Jer 5:1 : 1 Run ye to and fro{H7751} through the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and see{H7200} now, and know,{H3045} and seek{H1245} in the broad places{H7339} thereof, if ye can find{H4672} a man,{H376} if there be{H3426} any that doeth{H6213} justly,{H4941} that seeketh{H1245} truth;{H530} and I will pardon{H5545} her.