2 Chronicles 19:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 1:17 : 17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.
  • Josh 22:5 : 5 Only take great care to do the orders and the law which Moses, the Lord's servant, gave you; to have love for the Lord your God and to go in all his ways; and to keep his laws and to be true to him and to be his servants with all your heart and with all your soul.
  • 1 Chr 28:10 : 10 Now then, take note; for the Lord has made selection of you to be the builder of a house for the holy place. Be strong and do it.
  • Ps 82:1-6 : 1 <A Psalm. Of Asaph.> God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods. 2 How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.) 3 Give ear to the cause of the poor and the children without fathers; let those who are troubled and in need have their rights. 4 Be the saviour of the poor and those who have nothing: take them out of the hand of the evil-doers. 5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved. 6 I said, You are gods; all of you are the sons of the Most High:
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.
  • Luke 12:15 : 15 And he said to them, Take care to keep yourselves free from the desire for property; for a man's life is not made up of the number of things which he has.
  • Luke 21:8 : 8 And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.
  • Acts 5:35 : 35 And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.
  • Acts 22:26 : 26 And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.
  • Lev 19:15 : 15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

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  • 2 Chr 19:7-11
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    7 So now let the fear of the Lord be in you; do your work with care; for in the Lord our God there is no evil, or respect for high position, or taking of payment to do wrong.

    8 Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

    9 And he gave them their orders, saying, You are to do your work in the fear of the Lord, in good faith and with a true heart.

    10 And if any cause comes before you from your brothers living in their towns, where the death punishment is in question, or where there are questions of law or order, or rules or decisions, make them take care that they are not in the wrong before the Lord, so that wrath may not come on you and on your brothers; do this and you yourselves will not be in the wrong.

    11 And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.

  • Deut 1:16-17
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    16 And at that time I gave orders to your judges, saying, Let all questions between your brothers come before you for hearing, and give decisions uprightly between a man and his brother or one from another nation who is with him.

    17 In judging, do not let a man's position have any weight with you; give hearing equally to small and great; have no fear of any man, for it is God who is judge: and any cause in which you are not able to give a decision, you are to put before me and I will give it a hearing.

  • Deut 16:18-20
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    18 You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.

    19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

    20 Let righteousness be your guide, so that you may have life, and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

  • 2 Chr 19:5
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    5 And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

  • Lev 19:15
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    15 Do no wrong in your judging: do not give thought to the position of the poor, or honour to the position of the great; but be a judge to your neighbour in righteousness.

  • Deut 17:8-11
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    8 If you are not able to give a decision as to who is responsible for a death, or who is right in a cause, or who gave the first blow in a fight, and there is a division of opinion about it in your town: then go to the place marked out by the Lord your God;

    9 And come before the priests, the Levites, or before him who is judge at the time: and they will go into the question and give you a decision:

    10 And you are to be guided by the decision they give in the place named by the Lord, and do whatever they say:

    11 Acting in agreement with their teaching and the decision they give: not turning to one side or the other from the word they have given you.

  • Exod 18:19-22
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    19 Give ear now to my suggestion, and may God be with you: you are to be the people's representative before God, taking their causes to him:

    20 Teaching them his rules and his laws, guiding them in the way they have to go, and making clear to them the work they have to do.

    21 But for the rest, take from among the people able men, such as have the fear of God, true men hating profits wrongly made; and put such men over them, to be captains of thousands, captains of hundreds and of fifties and of tens;

    22 And let them be judges in the causes of the people at all times: and let them put before you all important questions, but in small things let them give decisions themselves: in this way, it will be less hard for you, and they will take the weight off you.

  • Deut 19:17-18
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    17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

    18 And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

  • Deut 25:1
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    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • Luke 18:2
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    2 Saying, There was a judge in a certain town, who had no fear of God or respect for man:

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Let no wrong decisions be given in the poor man's cause.

  • Exod 21:1
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    1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.

  • Ps 7:8
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    8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

  • Ps 9:8
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    8 And he will be the judge of the world in righteousness, giving true decisions for the peoples.

  • John 7:24
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    24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

  • Jer 22:16
    73%

    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Isa 3:13
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    13 The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

  • Matt 7:1
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    1 Be not judges of others, and you will not be judged.

  • Prov 24:23
    72%

    23 These are more sayings of the wise: To have respect for a person's position when judging is not good.

  • Exod 18:16
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    16 And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

  • Isa 28:6
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    6 And a spirit of wisdom to the judge, and strength to those who keep back the attackers at the door of the town.

  • Job 19:29
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    29 Be in fear of the sword, for the sword is the punishment for such things, so that you may be certain that there is a judge.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5 For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

  • 1 Cor 6:4
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    4 If then there are questions to be judged in connection with the things of this life, why do you put them in the hands of those who have no position in the church?

  • 1 Chr 16:14
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    14 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.

  • Ezra 7:25
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    25 And you, Ezra, by the wisdom of your God which is in you, are to put rulers and judges to have authority over all the people across the river who have knowledge of the laws of your God; and you are to give teaching to him who has no knowledge of them.

  • Deut 10:17
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    17 For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:

  • Ps 105:7
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    7 He is the Lord our God: he is judge of all the earth.

  • Ps 2:10
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    10 So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.

  • Ps 98:9
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    9 Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.

  • 1 Kgs 3:28
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    28 And news of this decision which the king had made went through all Israel; and they had fear of the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to give decisions.

  • Deut 6:18
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    18 And do what is upright and good in the eyes of the Lord your God, so that it may be well for you and you may go in and take for your heritage that good land from which the Lord undertook by an oath to your fathers,

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8 It is good generally for a country where the land is worked to have a king.

  • Prov 29:26
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    26 The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

  • Exod 23:2
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    2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision:

  • Lev 19:37
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    37 You are to keep all my rules and my decisions and do them: I am the Lord.