1 If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
Deuteronomy 25:1
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Deuteronomy 1:15–17
15 So I took the leaders of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them as leaders over you—as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, and as officers for your tribes. 16 At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes betwe…
Sirach 4:8–10
8 Incline your ear to a poor man. Answer him with peaceful words in humility. (WEB) 9 Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him who wrongs him; Don’t be hesitant in giving judgment. (WEB) 10 Be as a father to the fatherless, and like a husband to their mother. So you will b… (WEB)
Leviticus 24:18–20
18 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life. 19 If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him: 20 fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
Deuteronomy 19:16–18
16 If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, 17 both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. 18 The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness…
Numbers 35:23–25
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Sirach 8:13–15
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Greek Daniel 13:52–54
52 So when they were put apart one from another, he called one of them, and said to him, “O you who have become old in wickedness, now your sins have returned which you have committed before, (WEB) 53 in pronouncing unjust judgment, condemning the innocent, and letting th… (WEB)
Ezekiel 18:4–6
4 Behold, every soul belongs to Me; both father and son are Mine. The soul who sins is the one who will die. 5 Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: 6 He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not d…
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