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Isaiah 28:6

Isaiah 28:6 is verse 6 of Isaiah chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

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King James Version

And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.

World English Bible

and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.

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Isaiah 28:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

4 The fading flower of his beautiful splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, will be like a ripe fig before the summer harvest: Whoever sees it will take it in his hand and swallow it.

5 On that day the LORD of Hosts will be a crown of glory, a diadem of splendor to the remnant of His people,

6 a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.

7 These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.

8 For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 11:2

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

Isaiah 11:3

And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.

Isaiah 32:15

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 32:16

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

Genesis 41:38

So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”

Genesis 41:39

Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

Numbers 11:16

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

Numbers 11:17

And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.

Numbers 27:16

“May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation

Numbers 27:17

who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”

Numbers 27:18

And the LORD replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man with the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Psalms 72:1

Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

Psalms 72:2

May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

Psalms 72:3

May the mountains bring peace to the people, and the hills bring righteousness.

Psalms 72:4

May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.

Proverbs 20:8

A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

John 3:34

For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

John 5:30

I can do nothing by Myself; I judge only as I hear. And My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

1 Corinthians 12:8

To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

Deuteronomy 20:4

For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

Joshua 1:9

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

Psalms 18:32

It is God who arms me with strength and makes my way clear.

Psalms 18:33

He makes my feet like those of a deer and stations me upon the heights.

Psalms 18:34

He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.

Psalms 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

Psalms 46:11

The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah

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