2Sa 23:3 Cross References
2 Samuel 23:3
3: The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me: `The person who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 22:32
- For who is God except the LORD? Who but our God is a solid rock?
Genesis 33:20
- And there he built an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.
Exodus 18:21
- But find some capable, honest men who fear God and hate bribes. Appoint them as judges over groups of one thousand, one hundred, fifty, and ten.
2 Samuel 22:2
- These are the words he sang: "The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my savior;
- my God is my rock, in whom I find protection. He is my shield, the strength of my salvation, and my stronghold, my high tower, my savior, the one who saves me from violence.
Deuteronomy 32:4
- He is the Rock; his work is perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
Psalms 82:3
- "Give fair judgment to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute.
- Rescue the poor and helpless; deliver them from the grasp of evil people.
Deuteronomy 16:18
- "Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in all the towns the LORD your God is giving you. They will judge the people fairly throughout the land.
- You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.
- Let true justice prevail, so you may live and occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
Exodus 23:6
- "Do not twist justice against people simply because they are poor.
- "Keep far away from falsely charging anyone with evil. Never put an innocent or honest person to death. I will not allow anyone guilty of this to go free.
- "Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe always hurts the cause of the person who is in the right.
Hebrews 1:8
- But to his Son he says, "Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal power is expressed in righteousness.
Psalms 72:2
- Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly.
Psalms 42:9
- "O God my rock," I cry, "Why have you forsaken me? Why must I wander in darkness, oppressed by my enemies?"
Proverbs 31:9
- Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice.
Exodus 19:5
- Now if you will obey me and keep my covenant, you will be my own special treasure from among all the nations of the earth; for all the earth belongs to me.
- And you will be to me a kingdom of priests, my holy nation.' Give this message to the Israelites."
Zechariah 9:9
- Rejoice greatly, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey--even on a donkey's colt.
Deuteronomy 32:30
- How could one person chase a thousand of them, and two people put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock, as even they recognize.
2 Chronicles 19:7
- Fear the LORD and judge with care, for the LORD our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes."
- Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests and clan leaders in Israel to serve as judges in Jerusalem for cases concerning both the law of the LORD and civil disputes.
- These were his instructions to them: "You must always act in the fear of the LORD, with integrity and with undivided hearts.
Exodus 20:2
- "I am the LORD your God, who rescued you from slavery in Egypt.
Isaiah 32:1
- Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.
Jeremiah 23:5
- "For the time is coming," says the LORD, "when I will place a righteous Branch on King David's throne. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Nehemiah 5:14
- I would like to mention that for the entire twelve years that I was governor of Judah--from the twentieth until the thirty-second year of the reign of King Artaxerxes--neither I nor my officials drew on our official food allowance.
Psalms 110:2
- The LORD will extend your powerful dominion from Jerusalem; you will rule over your enemies.
Isaiah 11:1
- Out of the stump of David's family will grow a shoot--yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.
- And the Spirit of the LORD will rest on him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
- He will delight in obeying the LORD. He will never judge by appearance, false evidence, or hearsay.
- He will defend the poor and the exploited. He will rule against the wicked and destroy them with the breath of his mouth.
- He will be clothed with fairness and truth.
Exodus 3:15
- God also said, "Tell them, `The LORD, the God of your ancestors--the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob--has sent me to you.' This will be my name forever; it has always been my name, and it will be used throughout all generations.