Verse 1

And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.

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  • Deut 16:18-19 : 18 Judges and officers you shall make for yourself in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe: for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.
  • 1 Tim 5:21 : 21 I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality.
  • Judg 5:10 : 10 Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
  • Judg 8:22-23 : 22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us, both you, and your son, and your grandson also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you.
  • Judg 10:4 : 4 And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead.
  • Judg 12:14 : 14 And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy young donkeys: and he judged Israel eight years.
  • 2 Chr 19:5-6 : 5 And he appointed judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, 6 And said to the judges, Take heed what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.
  • Neh 7:2 : 2 That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man and feared God above many.