Psalms 58:1 Cross References
Psalms 58:1
1: Justice--do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly?
Psalms 57:1
- Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy! I look to you for protection. I will hide beneath the shadow of your wings until this violent storm is past.
Acts 5:21
- So the apostles entered the Temple about daybreak and immediately began teaching. When the high priest and his officials arrived, they convened the high council, along with all the elders of Israel. Then they sent for the apostles to be brought for trial.
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.
- And this is his name: `The LORD Is Our Righteousness.' In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.
Luke 23:50
- Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph. He was a member of the Jewish high council,
- but he had not agreed with the decision and actions of the other religious leaders. He was from the town of Arimathea in Judea, and he had been waiting for the Kingdom of God to come.
2 Samuel 5:3
- So there at Hebron, David made a covenant with the leaders of Israel before the LORD. And they anointed him king of Israel.
Numbers 11:16
- Then the LORD said to Moses, "Summon before me seventy of the leaders of Israel. Bring them to the Tabernacle to stand there with you.
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.
Deuteronomy 1:15
- So I took the wise and respected men you had selected from your tribes and appointed them to serve as judges and officials over you. Some were responsible for a thousand people, some for a hundred, some for fifty, and some for ten.
- I instructed the judges, `You must be perfectly fair at all times, not only to fellow Israelites, but also to the foreigners living among you.
Psalms 59:1
- Rescue me from my enemies, O God. Protect me from those who have come to destroy me.
Isaiah 11:3
- 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.
2 Chronicles 19:6
- and he gave them these instructions: "Always think carefully before pronouncing judgment. Remember that you do not judge to please people but to please the LORD. He will be with you when you render the verdict in each case that comes before you.
- Fear the LORD and judge with care, for the LORD our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes."
Psalms 82:1
- God presides over heaven's court; he pronounces judgment on the judges:
- "How long will you judges hand down unjust decisions? How long will you shower special favors on the wicked?
Matthew 26:3
- At that same time the leading priests and other leaders were meeting at the residence of Caiaphas, the high priest,
2 Samuel 23:3
- The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me: `The person who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
Psalms 82:6
- I say, `You are gods and children of the Most High.
- But in death you are mere men. You will fall as any prince, for all must die.'"
Psalms 72:1
- Give justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king's son.
- Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly.
- May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful, because the king does what is right.
- Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their oppressors.
Isaiah 32:1
- Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.
Matthew 27:1
- Very early in the morning, the leading priests and other leaders met again to discuss how to persuade the Roman government to sentence Jesus to death.