Psalms 58:1

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Psalms 58:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

2 No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; the liars go astray from birth.

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

Psalms 57:1

Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.

Psalms 59:1

Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise against me.

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.

Deuteronomy 16:18

You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 16:19

Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

2 Chronicles 19:6

Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.

2 Chronicles 19:7

And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”

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 11:5

Righteousness will be the belt around His hips, and faithfulness the sash around His waist.

Isaiah 32:1

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

Jeremiah 23:5

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Jeremiah 23:6

In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.

Psalms 82:1

God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:

Psalms 82:2

“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

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.

Deuteronomy 1:15

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.

Deuteronomy 1:16

At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.

2 Samuel 5:3

So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, where King David made with them a covenant before the LORD. And they anointed him king over Israel.

Matthew 26:3

At that time the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Matthew 27:1

When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.

Luke 23:50

Now there was a Council member named Joseph, a good and righteous man,

Luke 23:51

who had not consented to their decision or action. He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was waiting for the kingdom of God.

Acts 5:21

At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

Psalms 82:6

I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’

Psalms 82:7

But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”