Deuteronomy 16:20
You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the LORD your God is giving you.
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- Deut 4:1 : 1 The Privileges of the Covenant Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
- Deut 25:13-16 : 13 You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one. 14 You must not have in your house different measuring containers, a large and a small one. 15 You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the LORD your God is about to give you. 16 For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.
- Ezek 18:5 : 5 “Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,
- Ezek 18:9 : 9 and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the Sovereign LORD.
- Mic 6:8 : 8 He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the LORD really wants from you: He wants you to carry out justice, to love faithfulness, and to live obediently before your God.
- Rom 10:5 : 5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law:“The one who does these things will live by them.”
- Phil 4:8 : 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.
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- Deut 16:18-192 verses82%
18Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.
19You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.
- Deut 6:17-182 verses79%
17Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe.
18Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,
- Deut 25:15-162 verses79%
15You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the LORD your God is about to give you.
16For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the LORD your God.
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15Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.
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1The Central Sanctuary These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess.
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14Laws Concerning Witnesses You must not encroach on your neighbor’s property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
- Lev 19:35-373 verses76%
35You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.
36You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt.
37You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the LORD.
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16What I am commanding you today is to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess.
- Deut 17:9-113 verses75%
9You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict.
10You must then do as they have determined at that place the LORD chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught.
11You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you.
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1The Privileges of the Covenant Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you.
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17They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.
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18You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them so that you may live securely in the land.
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6“You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.
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5“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,
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18Thus you must obey the LORD your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him.
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1The Lord’s Provision in the Desert You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD promised to your ancestors.
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5Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess.
- Deut 5:32-332 verses74%
32Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!
33Walk just as he has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land you are going to possess.
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20I also call on you to love the LORD your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
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9and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the Sovereign LORD.
- 2 Chr 19:6-72 verses73%
6He told the judges,“Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the LORD, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions.
7Respect the LORD and make careful decisions, for the LORD our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery.”
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25You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the LORD’s sight.
- Lev 18:4-52 verses73%
4You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the LORD your God.
5So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the LORD.
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17You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.
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1The Decisions“These are the decisions that you will set before them:
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1Exhortation to Keep the Covenant Principles Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the LORD your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed
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10You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.
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2“You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,
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32Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.
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11So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do.
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13You must be blameless before the LORD your God.
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1Presentation of the First Fruits When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it,
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5You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.
- Deut 12:8-92 verses72%
8You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him,
9for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the LORD your God is giving you.
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16These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.
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16Laws Concerning War with Canaanite Nations As for the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive.
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21Examples of Legal Cases You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the LORD your God which you build for yourself.
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3Do the job the LORD your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
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3You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the LORD your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities.