Deuteronomy 16:20

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Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the Lord your God is giving you.

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  • Deut 4:1 : 1 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and judgments that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live and enter to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving to you.
  • Deut 25:13-16 : 13 Do not have two differing weights in your bag, a heavy one and a light one. 14 Do not have two differing measures in your house, a large one and a small one. 15 You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you. 16 For anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly, is detestable to the LORD your God.
  • Ezek 18:5 : 5 If a man is righteous and does what is just and right,
  • Ezek 18:9 : 9 He walks in my statutes and faithfully keeps my rules—he is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
  • Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law: “The person who does these things will live by them.”
  • Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise—think about these things.

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  • Deut 16:18-19
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    18Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly.

    19Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

  • Deut 6:17-18
    2 verses
    79%

    17Diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, as well as His testimonies and statutes that He has commanded you.

    18Do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, so that it may go well with you, and you may go in and possess the good land the LORD promised to your ancestors.

  • Deut 25:15-16
    2 verses
    79%

    15You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

    16For anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly, is detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Lev 19:15
    78%

    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

  • Deut 12:1
    78%

    1These are the statutes and ordinances that you must carefully observe in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess, for as long as you live on the earth.

  • Deut 19:14
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    14Do not move your neighbor's boundary marker, established by the ancestors, in the inheritance you will receive in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess.

  • Lev 19:35-37
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    35Do not use dishonest measures in judgment, whether in length, weight, or quantity.

    36Use honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

    37Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 30:16
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    16For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and judgments, so that you may live and multiply, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

  • Deut 17:9-11
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    9Go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you the verdict.

    10You must act according to the decision they give you at the place the LORD will choose. Be careful to do everything they instruct you.

    11Follow exactly the law they teach you and the judgment they declare to you. Do not turn aside from the decision they give you, to the right or to the left.

  • Deut 4:1
    75%

    1Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and judgments that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live and enter to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving to you.

  • Deut 1:17
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    17Do not show partiality in judgment; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring any case that is too difficult for you to me, and I will hear it.

  • Lev 25:18
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    18You are to follow my statutes and observe my ordinances and carry them out, so that you may live securely in the land.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5If a man is righteous and does what is just and right,

  • Deut 13:18
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    18Do not let any of the things set apart for destruction cling to your hand, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase you, as He swore to your ancestors.

  • Deut 8:1
    74%

    1Be meticulous in observing all the commandments that I am commanding you today, so that you may live, multiply, enter, and take possession of the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.

  • Deut 4:5
    74%

    5See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may act according to them in the land you are entering to possess.

  • Deut 5:32-33
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    32So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or the left.

    33Walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land you will possess.

  • Deut 30:20
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    20loving the LORD your God, obeying His voice, and holding fast to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give them.

  • Ezek 18:9
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    9He walks in my statutes and faithfully keeps my rules—he is righteous; he will surely live, declares the Sovereign Lord.

  • 2 Chr 19:6-7
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    73%

    6He said to the judges, 'Consider carefully what you do, because you are not judging for mere mortals, but for the LORD, who is with you whenever you give a judgment.'

    7Now let the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful and act, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice, partiality, or taking of bribes.

  • Deut 12:25
    73%

    25Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the Lord.

  • Lev 18:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4You must obey my laws and carefully keep my decrees. Live by them. I am the LORD your God.

    5You must keep my decrees and my laws, because the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.

  • Deut 24:17
    73%

    17Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.

  • Exod 21:1
    73%

    1These are the laws you are to set before them.

  • Deut 6:1
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    1These are the commandments, statutes, and judgments that the LORD your God commanded to teach you to carry out in the land you are about to cross into and possess.

  • Deut 19:10
    73%

    10This is to prevent the shedding of innocent blood within the land the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.

  • Exod 23:2
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    2Do not follow the majority to do evil, and do not testify in a dispute to turn aside after the majority to pervert justice.

  • Deut 11:32
    73%

    32Be careful to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

  • Deut 7:11
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    11Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances that I am giving you today to follow.

  • Deut 18:13
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    13You must be blameless before the LORD your God.

  • Deut 26:1
    72%

    1When you come into the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,

  • Jer 7:5
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    5For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice between a person and their neighbor,

  • Deut 12:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8You must not act as we are doing here today, where everyone does whatever seems right in their own eyes.

    9For you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance that the Lord your God is giving you.

  • Zech 8:16
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    16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth to one another, render true and just judgments in your gates,

  • Deut 20:16
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    16But in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.

  • Deut 16:21
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    21You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah pole of any tree beside the altar of the Lord your God that you will set up for yourself.

  • 1 Kgs 2:3
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    3Obey the charge of the LORD your God by walking in His ways, keeping His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses. In this way, you will prosper in all you do and wherever you turn.

  • Deut 19:3
    72%

    3Prepare roads for yourself and divide your land into three regions, the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that anyone who kills someone may flee there.