2 Samuel 23:3
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3 The God of Israel has spoken;
the Rock of Israel has said to me:
“One who rules over people justly,
ruling in the fear of God,(A)
2 Samuel 22:32
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32 For who is God but the Lord?
And who is a rock except our God?(A)
Deuteronomy 32:4
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4 The Rock, his work is perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God, without deceit,
just and upright is he;(A)
Exodus 18:21
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21 You should also look for able men among all the people, men who fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set them as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.(A)
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2 Samuel 22:2-3
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2 He said,
“The Lord is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer,(A)
3 my God, my rock in whom I take refuge,
my shield and the horn of my salvation,
my stronghold and my refuge,
my savior; you save me from violence.(B)
Hebrews 1:8
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8 But of the Son he says,
“Your throne, O God, is[a] forever and ever,
and the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your[b] kingdom.(A)
Zechariah 9:9
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The Coming Ruler of God’s People
9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter Jerusalem!
See, your king comes to you;
triumphant and victorious is he,
humble and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.(A)
Psalm 72:2
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2 May he judge your people with righteousness
and your poor with justice.(A)
Psalm 42:9
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9 I say to God, my rock,
“Why have you forgotten me?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because the enemy oppresses me?”(A)
Deuteronomy 32:30-31
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30 How could one have routed a thousand
and two put a myriad to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
the Lord had given them up?(A)
31 Indeed, their rock is not like our Rock;
our enemies are fools.[a](B)
Footnotes
- 32.31 Gk: Heb judges
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
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Municipal Judges and Officers
18 “You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your tribes, in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, and they shall render just decisions for the people.(A) 19 You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.(B) 20 Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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Exodus 23:6-8
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6 “You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits.(A) 7 Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and those in the right, for I will not acquit the guilty.(B) 8 You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds officials and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.(C)
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Genesis 33:20
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20 There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.[a]
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- 33.20 That is, God, the God of Israel
Jeremiah 23:5
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The Righteous Branch of David
5 The days are surely coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.(A)
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Isaiah 32:1
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Isaiah 11:1-5
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The Peaceful Kingdom
11 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall grow[a] out of his roots.(A)
2 The spirit of the Lord shall 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.(B)
3 His delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see
or decide by what his ears hear,(C)
4 but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor
and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth;
he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.(D)
5 Righteousness shall be the belt around his waist
and faithfulness the belt around his loins.(E)
Footnotes
- 11.1 Cn Compare Syr: Heb bear fruit
Proverbs 31:9
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9 Speak out; judge righteously;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.(A)
Psalm 110:2
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2 The Lord sends out from Zion
your mighty scepter.
Rule in the midst of your foes.(A)
Psalm 82:3-4
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3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.(A)
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(B)
Nehemiah 5:14
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The Generosity of Nehemiah
14 Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.(A)
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2 Chronicles 19:7-9
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7 Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God or partiality or taking of bribes.”(A)
8 Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel to give judgment for the Lord and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem.(B) 9 He charged them, “This is how you shall act: in the fear of the Lord, in faithfulness, and with your whole heart;(C)
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Exodus 20:2
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2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;(A)
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Exodus 19:5-6
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5 Now, therefore, if you obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession out of all the peoples. Indeed, the whole earth is mine,(A) 6 but you shall be for me a priestly kingdom and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the Israelites.”(B)
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Exodus 3:15
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15 God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord,[a] the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you’:
This is my name forever,
and this my title for all generations.(A)
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- 3.15 The word “Lord” when spelled with capital letters stands for the divine name, YHWH, which is here connected with the verb hayah, “to be”
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