Deuteronomy 1:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • John 7:24 : 24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.
  • Lev 24:22 : 22 You are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God.
  • Deut 16:18-19 : 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.
  • Deut 24:14 : 14 Do not be hard on a servant who is poor and in need, if he is one of your countrymen or a man from another nation living with you in your land.
  • Deut 27:11 : 11 That same day Moses said to the people,
  • Deut 31:14 : 14 At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.
  • 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God,
  • 2 Chr 19:6-9 : 6 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. 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.
  • Ps 58:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Al-tashheth. Michtam. Of David.> Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?
  • Exod 22:21 : 21 Do no wrong to a man from a strange country, and do not be hard on him; for you yourselves were living in a strange country, in the land of Egypt.
  • Exod 23:2-3 : 2 Do not be moved to do wrong by the general opinion, or give the support of your words to a wrong decision: 3 But, on the other hand, do not be turned from what is right in order to give support to a poor man's cause.
  • Exod 23:7-9 : 7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin. 8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false. 9 Do not be hard on the man from a strange country who is living among you; for you have had experience of the feelings of one who is far from the land of his birth, because you yourselves were living in Egypt, in a strange land.
  • 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.
  • Num 27:19 : 19 And take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes.
  • Deut 10:18-19 : 18 Judging uprightly in the cause of the widow and of the child who has no father, and giving food and clothing in his mercy to the man from a strange country. 19 So be kind to the man from a strange country who is living among you, for you yourselves were living in a strange country in the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Thess 2:11 : 11 Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.
  • 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;

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  • Deut 1:17-18
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    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.

    18 And at that time I gave you all the orders which you were to do.

  • Deut 16:18-20
    3 verses
    79%

    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 19:6-11
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    6 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.

    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 1:12-15
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    12 How is it possible for me by myself to be responsible for you, and undertake the weight of all your troubles and your arguments?

    13 Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.

    14 And you made answer and said to me, It is good for us to do as you say.

    15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men and respected, and made them rulers over you, captains of thousands and captains of hundreds and captains of fifties and captains of tens, and overseers of your tribes.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 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.

  • Exod 18:26
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    26 And they were judges in the causes of the people at all times: the hard questions they put before Moses; but on every small point they gave decisions themselves.

  • Deut 19:17-19
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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,

    19 Then do to him what it was his purpose to do to his brother: and so put away the evil from among you.

  • Exod 21:1
    72%

    1 Now these are the laws which you are to put before them.

  • Mic 3:1
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    1 And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?

  • 1 Cor 6:5-6
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    5 I say this to put you to shame. Is there not among you one wise man who may be able to give a decision between his brothers?

    6 But a brother who has a cause at law against another takes it before Gentile judges.

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

  • Deut 24:17
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    17 Be upright in judging the cause of the man from a strange country and of him who has no father; do not take a widow's clothing on account of a debt:

  • Zech 8:16
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    16 These are the things which you are to do: Let every man say what is true to his neighbour; and let your judging give peace in your towns.

  • Jer 22:16
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    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.

  • Lev 24:22
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    22 You are to have the same law for a man of another nation living among you as for an Israelite; for I am the Lord your God.

  • 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;

  • Num 15:16
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    16 The law and the rule are to be the same for you and for those from other lands living with you.

  • Deut 17:15
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    15 Then see that you take as your king the man named by the Lord your God: let your king be one of your countrymen, not a man of another nation who is not one of yourselves.

  • Zech 7:10
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    10 Do not be hard on the widow, or the child without a father, on the man from a strange country, or on the poor; let there be no evil thought in your heart against your brother.

  • 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.

  • Deut 4:14
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    14 And the Lord gave me orders at that time to make clear to you these laws and decisions, so that you might do them in the land to which you are going, and which is to be your heritage.

  • Lev 19:35
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    35 Do not make false decisions in questions of yard-sticks and weights and measures.

  • Deut 29:10
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    10 You have come here today, all of you, before the Lord your God; the heads of your tribes, the overseers, and those who are in authority over you, with all the men of Israel,

  • Ps 72:2
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    2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

  • 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,

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