Exodus 18:19

American Standard Version (1901)

Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God be with thee: be thou for the people to Godward, and bring thou the causes unto God:

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 27:5 : 5 And Moses brought their cause before Jehovah.
  • Deut 5:5 : 5 (I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to show you the word of Jehovah: for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
  • Gen 39:2 : 2 And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
  • Exod 3:12 : 12 And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be the token unto thee, that I have sent thee: when thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
  • Exod 20:19 : 19 And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
  • Exod 4:12 : 12 Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.
  • Exod 4:16 : 16 And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.
  • Exod 18:15 : 15 And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:
  • Exod 18:24 : 24 So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
  • Deut 20:1 : 1 When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
  • Josh 1:9 : 9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
  • 2 Sam 14:17 : 17 Then thy handmaid said, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Jehovah thy God be with thee.
  • Prov 9:9 : 9 Give [instruction] to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.

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  • Exod 18:20-24
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    81%

    20and thou shalt teach them the statutes and the laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.

    21Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating unjust gain; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

    22and let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge themselves: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear [the burden] with thee.

    23If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people also shall go to their place in peace.

    24So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

  • Exod 18:14-18
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    14And when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand about thee from morning unto even?

    15And Moses said unto his father-in-law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God:

    16when they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

    17And Moses' father-in-law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

    18Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for the thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6and said to the judges, Consider what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for Jehovah; and [he is] with you in the judgment.

  • Deut 1:16-18
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    16And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear [the causes] between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

    17Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; ye shall hear the small and the great alike; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you ye shall bring unto me, and I will hear it.

    18And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

  • Deut 1:12-14
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    73%

    12How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

    13Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

    14And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good [for us] to do.

  • Exod 4:15-16
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    15And thou shalt speak unto him, and put the words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.

    16And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people; and it shall come to pass, that he shall be to thee a mouth, and thou shalt be to him as God.

  • 1 Kgs 12:9
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    9And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

  • Deut 17:8-11
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    8If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates; then shalt thou arise, and get thee up unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose;

    9and thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days: and thou shalt inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment.

    10And thou shalt do according to the tenor of the sentence which they shall show thee from that place which Jehovah shall choose; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they shall teach thee:

    11according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do; thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left.

  • Judg 18:5
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    5And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.

  • Prov 19:20
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    20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

  • 1 Sam 12:7
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    7Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Jehovah concerning all the righteous acts of Jehovah, which he did to you and to your fathers.

  • Eccl 8:2
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    2I [counsel thee], Keep the king's command, and that in regard of the oath of God.

  • Ps 81:8
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    8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!

  • Num 11:17
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    17And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

  • 1 Sam 8:9
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    9Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

  • Deut 16:18
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    18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

  • 1 Chr 22:12-13
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    12Only Jehovah give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law of Jehovah thy God.

    13Then shalt thou prosper, if thou observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Jehovah charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; fear not, neither be dismayed.

  • Deut 5:31
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    31But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

  • Num 27:20
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    20And thou shalt put of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may obey.

  • 2 Chr 10:9
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    9And he said unto them, What counsel give ye, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that thy father did put upon us lighter?

  • Judg 20:7
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    7Behold, ye children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.

  • Jer 18:19
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    19Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

  • Exod 4:12
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    12Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt speak.

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    15Jehovah therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

  • Judg 18:19
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    19And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be priest unto the house of one man, or to be priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

  • 1 Kgs 3:9
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    9Give thy servant therefore an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this thy great people?

  • 1 Sam 10:7
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    7And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion shall serve thee; for God is with thee.

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    1[Maschil of Asaph]. Give ear, O my people, to my law: Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.

  • 2 Chr 19:10-11
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    10And whensoever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, ye shall warn them, that they be not guilty towards Jehovah, and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not be guilty.

    11And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Jehovah; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. [ Deal courageously, and Jehovah be with the good.

  • Deut 13:18
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    18when thou shalt hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

  • 2 Sam 17:11
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    11But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person.

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    21And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Jehovah.