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Then the LORD said to Abram: "Know for certain that your
descendants shall be aliens in a land not their own, where they
shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. But I will
bring judgment on the nation they must serve, and in the end they
will depart with great wealth." [GEN 15:13-4]
"If my ancestral God, the God of Abraham and the Awesome One of
Isaac, had not been on my side, you would now have sent me away
empty-handed. But God saw my plight and the fruits of my toil, and
last night he gave judgment." [GEN 31:42]
Therefore, say to the Israelites: I am the LORD. I will free
you from the forced labor of the Egyptians and will deliver you
from their slavery. I will rescue you by my outstretched arm and
with mighty acts of judgment. [EX 6:6]
"Yet I will make Pharaoh so obstinate that, despite the many
signs and wonders that I will work in the land of Egypt, he will
not listen to you. Therefore I will lay my hand on Egypt and by
great acts of judgment I will bring the hosts of my people, the
Israelites, out of the land of Egypt, so that the Egyptians may
learn that I am the LORD, as I stretch out my hand against Egypt
and lead the Israelites out of their midst." [EX 7:3-5]
For on this same night I will go through Egypt, striking down
every first-born of the land, both man and beast, and executing
judgment on all the gods of Egypt-I, the LORD! [EX 12:12]
The next day Moses sat in judgment for the people, who waited
about him from morning until evening. When his father-in-law saw
all that he was doing for the people, he inquired, "What sort
of thing is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit
alone while all the people have to stand about you from morning
till evening?" Moses answered his father-in-law, "The
people come to me to consult God. Whenever they have a
disagreement, they come to me to have me settle the matter between
them and make known to them God's decisions and regulations."
"You are not acting wisely," his father-in-law replied.
"You will surely wear yourself out, and not only yourself but
also these people with you. The task is too heavy for you; you
cannot do it alone. Now, listen to me, and I will give you some
advice, that God may be with you. Act as the people's
representative before God, bringing to him whatever they have to
say. Enlighten them in regard to the decisions and regulations,
showing them how they are to live and what they are to do. But you
should also look among all the people for able and God-fearing
men, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain, and set them as
officers over groups of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of
tens. Let these men render decisions for the people in all
ordinary cases. More important cases they should refer to you, but
all the lesser cases they can settle themselves. Thus, your burden
will be lightened, since they will bear it with you. If you do
this, when God gives you orders you will be able to stand the
strain, and all these people will go home satisfied." Moses
followed the advice of his father-in-law and did all that he had
suggested. He picked out able men from all Israel and put them in
charge of the people as officers over groups of thousands, of
hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. They rendered decisions for the
people in all ordinary cases. The more difficult cases they
referred to Moses, but all the lesser cases they settled
themselves. Then Moses bade farewell to his father-in-law, who
went off to his own country. [EX 18:13-27]
"You shall not act dishonestly in rendering judgment. Show
neither partiality to the weak nor deference to the mighty, but
judge your fellow men justly." [LEV 19:15]
"These shall be norms for you and all your descendants,
wherever you live, for rendering judgment." [NUM 35:29]
'In rendering judgment, do not consider who a person is; give
ear to the lowly and to the great alike, fearing no man, for
judgment is God's. Refer to me any case that is too hard for you
and I will hear it.' [DEUT 1:17]
She used to sit under Deborah's palm tree, situated between
Ramah and Bethel in the mountain region of Ephraim, and there the
Israelites came up to her for judgment. [JUDG 4:5]
Blessed be your good judgment and blessed be you yourself, who
this day have prevented me from shedding blood and from avenging
myself personally. [1SAM 25:33]
By behaving in this way toward all the Israelites who came to
the king for judgment, Absalom was stealing away the loyalties of
the men of Israel. [2SAM 15:6]
When all Israel heard the judgment the king had given, they
were in awe of him, because they saw that the king had in him the
wisdom of God for giving judgment. [1KGS 3:28]
His own palace Solomon completed after thirteen years of
construction. He built the hall called the Forest of Lebanon one
hundred cubits long, fifty wide, and thirty high; it was supported
by four rows of cedar columns, with cedar capitals upon the
columns... He also built the vestibule of the throne where he gave
judgment - that is, the tribunal; it was paneled with cedar from
floor to ceiling beams. [1KGS 7:1-2,7]
"If a man sins against his neighbor and is required to
take an oath sanctioned by a curse, when he comes and takes the
oath before your altar in this temple, listen in heaven; take
action and pass judgment on your servants. Condemn the wicked and
punish him for his conduct, but acquit the just and establish his
innocence." [1KGS 8:31-32]
"Blessed be the LORD, your God, whom it has pleased to place you
on the throne of Israel. In his enduring love for Israel, the LORD
has made you king to carry out judgment and justice." [1KGS
10:9]
Look to the LORD in his strength; seek to serve him constantly.
Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought, his portents, and
the judgments he has uttered, You descendants of Israel, his
servants, sons of Jacob, his chosen ones! He, the LORD, is our
God; throughout the earth his judgments prevail. [1CHRON 16:11-14]
In Jerusalem also, Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites and
priests and some of the family heads of Israel to judge in the
name of the LORD and to settle quarrels among the inhabitants of
Jerusalem. He gave them this command: "You shall act
faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD. And in
every dispute that your brethren living in their cities bring to
you, whether it concerns bloodguilt or questions of law, command,
statutes, or judgments, warn them lest they become guilty before
the LORD and his wrath come upon you and your brethren. Do that
and you shall be guiltless." [2CHRON 19:8-10]
"Was it not you, our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this
land before your people Israel and gave it forever to the
descendants of Abraham, your friend? They have dwelt in it and
they built in it a sanctuary to your honor, saying, 'When evil
comes upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we
will stand before this house and before you, for your name is in
this house, and we will cry out to you in our affliction, and you
will hear and save!' And now, see the Ammonites, Moabites, and
those of Mount Seir whom you did not allow Israel to invade when
they came from the land of Egypt, but instead they passed them by
and did not destroy them. See how they are now repaying us by
coming to drive us out of the possession you have given us. O our
God, will you not pass judgment on them? We are powerless before
this vast multitude that comes against us. We are at a loss what
to do, hence our eyes are turned toward you." [2CHRON 20:7-12]
"Whoever does not obey the law of your God and the law of the
king, let strict judgment be executed upon him, whether death, or
corporal punishment, or a fine on his goods, or
imprisonment." [EZRA 7:26]
"Yes, your judgments are many and true in dealing with me
as my sins and those of my fathers deserve. For we have not kept
your commandments, nor have we trodden the paths of truth before
you." [TOBIT 3:5]
"O God, my God, hear me also, a widow. It is you who were
the author of those events and of what preceded and followed them.
The present, also, and the future you have planned. Whatever you
devise comes into being; the things you decide on come forward and
say, 'Here we are!' All your ways are in readiness, and your
judgment is made with foreknowledge." [JDTH 9:5-6]
"I will lead you through Judea, till you come to Jerusalem, and
there I will set up your judgment seat. You will drive them like
sheep that have no shepherd, and not even a dog will growl at you.
This was told me, and announced to me in advance, and I in turn
have been sent to tell you." [JDTH 11:19]
"Woe to the nations that rise against my people! the Lord
Almighty will requite them; in the day of judgment he will punish
them...they shall burn and suffer forever." [Taken from JDTH
16:17]
Not only do they drive out gratitude from among men; with the
arrogant boastfulness of those to whom goodness has no meaning,
they suppose they will escape the vindictive judgment of the
all-seeing God. [ESTH E:4]
For this purpose he arranged two lots: one for the people of
God, the second for all the other nations. These two lots were
fulfilled in the hour, the time, and the day of judgment before
God and among all the nations. [ESTH F:7-8]
We, indeed, are suffering because of our sins. Though our
living Lord treats us harshly for a little while to correct us
with chastisements, he will again be reconciled with his servants.
But you, wretch, vilest of all men! do not, in your insolence,
concern yourself with unfounded hopes, as you raise your hand
against the children of Heaven. You have not yet escaped the
judgment of the almighty and all-seeing God. My brothers, after
enduring brief pain, have drunk of never-failing life, under God's
covenant, but you, by the judgment of God, shall receive just
punishments for your arrogance. [2MACC 7:32-36]
How long will you utter such things? The words from your mouth are like a mighty wind! Does God pervert judgment, and does the Almighty distort justice? If your children have sinned against him and he has left them in the grip of their guilt, Still, if you yourself have recourse to God and make supplication to the Almighty,
Should you be blameless and upright, surely now he will awake for you and restore your rightful domain; Your former state will be of little moment, for in time to come you will flourish indeed.
[JOB 8:2-7]
If it be a question of strength, he is mighty; and if of
judgment, who will call him to account? [JOB 9:19]
For he is not a man like myself, that I should answer him, that
we should come together in judgment. [JOB 9:32]
If he seize and imprison or call to judgment, who then can say
him nay? For he knows the worthlessness of men and sees iniquity;
will he then ignore it? [JOB 11:10-11]
Be afraid of the sword for yourselves, for these crimes deserve
the sword; that you may know that there is a judgment. [JOB 19:29]
Oh, that today I might find him, that I might come to his
judgment seat! [JOB 23:3]
For he forewarns no man of his time to come before God in
judgment. [JOB 34:23]
The Almighty! we cannot discover him, pre-eminent in power and
judgment; his great justice owes no one an accounting. [JOB 37:23]
Therefore the wicked will not survive judgment, nor will
sinners in the assembly of the just. [PS 1:5]
The LORD rules forever, has set up a throne for judgment. [PS
9:8]
Why, LORD, do you stand at a distance and pay no heed to these
troubled times? Arrogant scoundrels pursue the poor; they trap
them by their cunning schemes. The wicked even boast of their
greed; these robbers curse and scorn the LORD. In their insolence
the wicked boast: "God doesn't care, doesn't even
exist." Yet their affairs always succeed; they ignore your
judgment on high; they sneer at all who oppose them. [PS 10:1-5]
LORD, your love reaches to heaven; your fidelity, to the
clouds. Your justice is like the highest mountains; your
judgments, like the mighty deep; all living creatures you sustain,
LORD. How precious is your love, O God! We take refuge in the
shadow of your wings. [PS 36:6-8]
Our God comes and will not be silent! Devouring fire precedes,
storming fiercely round about. God summons the heavens above and the earth to the judgment of his people: "Gather my
faithful ones before me, those who made a covenant with me by
sacrifice." The heavens proclaim divine justice, for God
alone is the judge. [PS 50:3-6]
O God, give your judgment to the king; your justice to the son
of kings; That he may govern your people with justice, your
oppressed with right judgment, That the mountains may yield their
bounty for the people, and the hills great abundance, That he may
defend the oppressed among the people, save the poor and crush the
oppressor. [PS 72:2-4]
For judgment comes not from east or from west, not from the
desert or from the mountains, But from God who decides, who brings
some low and raises others high. [PS 75:7-8]
From the heavens you pronounced sentence; the earth was
terrified and reduced to silence, When you arose, O God, for
judgment to deliver the afflicted of the land. [Taken from PS 76:9-10]
Mighty your arm, strong your hand, your right hand is ever
exalted. Justice and judgment are the foundation of your throne;
love and loyalty march before you. Happy the people who know you,
LORD, who walk in the radiance of your face. [PS 89:14-16]
You, LORD, will not forsake your people, nor abandon your very
own. Judgment shall again be just, and all the upright of heart
will follow it. [PS 94:14-15]
Zion hears and is glad, and the cities of Judah rejoice because
of your judgments, O LORD. [PS 97:8]
Rely on the mighty LORD; constantly seek his face. Recall the
wondrous deeds he has done, his signs and his words of judgment,
You descendants of Abraham his servant, offspring of Jacob the
chosen one! [PS 105:4-6]
LORD, hear my prayer; in your faithfulness listen to my
pleading; answer me in your justice. Do not enter into judgment
with your servant; before you no living being can be just. [PS
143:1-2]
For the LORD takes delight in his people, honors the poor with
victory. Let the faithful rejoice in their glory, cry out for joy
at their banquet, With the praise of God in their mouths, and a
two-edged sword in their hands, To bring retribution on the
nations, punishment on the peoples, To bind their kings with
chains, shackle their nobles with irons, To execute the judgments
decreed for them - such is the glory of all God's faithful.
Hallelujah! [PS 149:4-9]
The king's lips are an oracle; no judgment he pronounces is
false. [PROV 16:10]
A king seated on the throne of judgment dispels all evil with
his glance. [PROV 20:8]
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in
judgment is not good. [PROV 24:23]
And still under the sun in the judgment place I saw wickedness,
and in the seat of justice, iniquity. And I said to myself, both
the just and the wicked God will judge, since there is a time for
every affair and on every work a judgment. [ECCL 3:16-17]
Whatever is, was long ago given its name, and the nature of man
is known, and that he cannot contend in judgment with one who is
stronger than he. [ECCL 6:10]
"He who keeps the commandment experiences no evil, and the
wise man's heart knows times and judgments; for there is a time
and a judgment for everything." - Yet it is a great
affliction for man that he is ignorant of what is to come; for who
will make known to him how it will be? There is no man who is
master of the breath of life so as to retain it, and none has
mastery of the day of death. There is no exemption from the
struggle, nor are the wicked saved by their wickedness. [ECCL 8:5-8]
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young and let your heart be
glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart, the
vision of your eyes; Yet understand that as regards all this God
will bring you to judgment. [ECCL 11:9]
The last word, when all is heard: Fear God and keep his
commandments, for this is man's all; because God will bring to
judgment every work, with all its hidden qualities, whether good
or bad. [ECCL 12:13-14]
He shall don justice for a breastplate and shall wear sure
judgment for a helmet [WISDOM 5:18]
Hear, therefore, kings, and understand; learn, you magistrates
of the earth's expanse! Hearken, you who are in power over the
multitude and lord it over throngs of peoples! Because authority was given
you by the LORD and sovereignty by the Most High, who shall probe
your works and scrutinize your counsels! Because, though you were
ministers of his kingdom, you judged not rightly, and did not keep
the law, nor walk according to the will of God, Terribly and
swiftly shall he come against you, because judgment is stern for
the exalted - For the lowly may be pardoned out of mercy but the
mighty shall be mightily put to the test. For the Lord of all
shows no partiality, nor does he fear greatness, Because he
himself made the great as well as the small, and he provides for
all alike; but for those in power a rigorous scrutiny impends.
[WISDOM 6:1-8]
So I determined to take [wisdom] to live with me, knowing that
she would be my counselor while all was well, and my comfort in
care and grief. For her sake I should have glory among the
masses, and esteem from the elders, though I be but a youth. I should
become keen in judgment, and should be a marvel before rulers. [Taken
from WISDOM 8:9-11]
God of my fathers, LORD of mercy. you who have made all things
by your word And in your wisdom have established man to rule the
creatures produced by you, To govern the world in holiness and
justice, and to render judgment in integrity of heart: Give me
Wisdom, the attendant at your throne, and reject me not from among
your children; For I am your servant, the son of your
handmaid, a man weak and short-lived and lacking in comprehension of
judgment and of laws. [WISDOM 9:1-5]
Therefore as though upon unreasoning children, you sent
your judgment on them as a mockery; But they who took no heed of
punishment which was but child's play were to experience a
condemnation worthy of God. For in the things through which they
suffered distress, since they were tortured by the very things
they deemed gods, They saw and recognized the true God whom before
they had refused to know; with this, their final condemnation came
upon them. [WISDOM 12:25-27]
For great are your judgments, and hardly to be described;
therefore the unruly souls were wrong. [WISDOM 17:1]
Their own opinion has misled many, and false reasoning
unbalanced their judgment. [SIRACH 3:23]
There are those with little understanding who fear God, and
those of great intelligence who violate the law. There is a
shrewdness keen but dishonest, which by duplicity wins a judgment.
[SIRACH 19:20-21]
How becoming to the gray-haired is judgment, and a knowledge of
counsel to those on in years! [SIRACH 25:4]
His judgment is sound who fears the LORD; out of obscurity he
draws forth a clear plan. [SIRACH 32:16]
With his hands he molds the clay, and with his feet softens it.
His care is for proper coloring, and he keeps watch on the fire of
his kiln. All these men are skilled with their hands, each one an
expert at his own task; Without them no city could be lived in,
and wherever they stay, they need not hunger. They do not occupy
the judge's bench, nor are they prominent in the assembly; They
set forth no decisions or judgments, nor are they found among the
rulers; Yet they maintain God's ancient handiwork, and their
concern is for exercise of their skill. [SIRACH 38:30-34]
Gold and silver make one's way secure, but better than either,
sound judgment. [SIRACH 40:25]
Behold the rainbow! Then bless its Maker, for majestic indeed
is its splendor; It spans the heavens with its glory, this bow
bent by the mighty hand of God. His rebuke marks out the path for
the lightning, and speeds the arrows of his judgment to their
goal. [SIRACH 43:11-13]
He permitted him to hear his voice, and led him into the cloud,
Where, face to face, he gave him the commandments, the law of life
and understanding, That he might teach his precepts to Jacob, his
judgments and decrees to Israel. [SIRACH 45:5]
Zion shall be redeemed by judgment, and her repentant ones by
justice. [ISA 1:27]
The LORD rises to accuse, standing to try his people. The Lord
enters into judgment with his people's elders and princes: It is
you who have devoured the vineyard; the loot wrested from the poor
is in your houses. What do you mean by crushing my people, and
grinding down the poor when they look to you? says the Lord, the
GOD of hosts. [ISA 3:13-15]
When the Lord washes away the filth of the daughters of Zion,
And purges Jerusalem's blood from her midst with a blast of
searing judgment, Then will the LORD create, over the whole site
of Mount Zion and over her place of assembly, A smoking cloud by
day and a light of flaming fire by night. For over all, his glory
will be shelter and protection: shade from the parching heat of
day, refuge and cover from storm and rain. [ISA 4:4-6]
Now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge between
me and my vineyard: What more was there to do for my vineyard that
I had not done? Why, when I looked for the crop of grapes, did it
bring forth wild grapes? Now, I will let you know what I mean to
do to my vineyard: Take away its hedge, give it to grazing, break
through its wall, let it be trampled! Yes, I will make it a ruin:
it shall not be pruned or hoed, but overgrown with thorns and
briers; I will command the clouds not to send rain upon it. The
vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men
of Judah are his cherished plant; He looked for judgment, but see,
bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry! [ISA 5:3-7]
Men shall be abased, each one brought low, and the eyes of the
haughty lowered, But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted by his
judgment, and God the Holy shall be shown holy by his justice. Woe
to those who tug at guilt with cords of perversity, and at sin as
if with cart ropes! [ISA 5:15-16,18]
His dominion is vast and forever peaceful, From David's throne,
and over his kingdom, which he confirms and sustains By judgment
and justice, both now and forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts
will do this! [ISA 9:6]
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and who write oppressive
decrees, Depriving the needy of judgment and robbing my people's
poor of their rights, Making widows their plunder, and orphans
their prey! [ISA 10:1-2]
Yes, for your way and your judgments, O LORD, we look to you;
Your name and your title are the desire of our souls. My soul yearns for you in the night, yes, my spirit within me
keeps vigil for you; When your judgment dawns upon the earth, the
world's inhabitants learn justice. [ISA 26:8-9]
On that day the LORD of hosts will be a glorious crown And a
brilliant diadem to the remnant of his people, A spirit of
justice to him who sits in judgment, And strength to those who turn back
the battle at the gate. [ISA 28:5-6]
When my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, lo, it shall
come down in judgment upon Edom, a people I have doomed. [ISA
34:5]
Who has directed the spirit of the LORD, or has instructed him
as his counselor? Whom did he consult to gain knowledge? Who
taught him the path of judgment, or showed him the way of
understanding? [ISA 40:13-14]
Yes, the LORD shall comfort Zion and have pity on all her
ruins; Her deserts he shall make like Eden, her wasteland like the
garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness shall be found in her,
thanksgiving and the sound of song. Be attentive to me, my people;
my folk, give ear to me. For law shall go forth from my presence,
and my judgment, as the light of the peoples. [ISA 51:3-4]
If you wish to return, O Israel, says the LORD, return to me.
If you put your detestable things out of my sight, and do not
stray, Then you can swear, "As the LORD lives," in
truth, in judgment, and in justice; Then shall the nations use his
name in blessing, and glory in him. [JER 4:1-2]
To all who inhabit the earth to its very ends the uproar
spreads; For the LORD has an indictment against the nations, he is
to pass judgment upon all mankind: The godless shall be given to
the sword, says the LORD. [JER 25:31]
"We have tried to heal Babylon, but she cannot be healed.
Leave her, let us go, each to his own land." Her judgment
reaches heaven, it touches the clouds. [JER 51:9]
The clouds, too, when commanded by God to proceed across the
whole world, fulfill the order; and fire, sent from on high to
burn up the mountains and the forests, does what has been
commanded. But these false gods are not their equal, whether in
beauty or in power; so that it is unthinkable, and cannot be
claimed, that they are gods. They can neither execute judgment,
nor benefit man. Know, therefore, that they are not gods, and do
not fear them. [BARUCH 6:61-64]
When I execute judgment upon you in anger and fury and with
furious chastisements, you shall be a reproach and an object of
scorn, a terrible warning to the nations that surround you. I, the
LORD, have spoken! [EZEK 5:15]
There shall be disaster after disaster, rumor after rumor.
Prophetic vision shall fade; instruction shall be lacking to the
priest, and counsel to the elders, while the prince shall be
enveloped in terror, and the hands of the common people shall
tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and
according to their judgments I will judge them; thus they shall
know that I am the LORD. [EZEK 7:26-27]
Therefore say: Thus says the Lord GOD: As I live, my oath which
he spurned, my covenant which he broke, I swear to bring down upon
his head. I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in
my snare. I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with
him there over his breaking faith with me. [EZEK 17:19-20]
As I live, says the Lord GOD, with a mighty hand and
outstretched arm, with poured-out wrath, I swear I will be king
over you! With a mighty hand and outstretched arm, with poured-out
wrath, I will bring you out from the nations and gather you from
the countries over which you are scattered; then I will lead you
to the desert of the peoples, where I will enter into judgment
with you face to face. Just as I entered into judgment with your
fathers in the desert of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into
judgment with you, says the Lord GOD. [EZEK 20:33-36]
Thus the word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, prophesy!
say: Thus says the LORD: A sword, a sword has been sharpened, a
sword, a sword has been burnished: To work slaughter has it been
sharpened, to flash lightning has it been burnished. Why should I
now withdraw it? You have spurned the rod and every judgment!
[EZEK 21:13-15]
Thus I will execute judgment upon Moab, that they may know that
I am the LORD. [EZEK 25:11]
But on that day, the day when Gog invades the land of Israel,
says the Lord GOD, my fury shall be aroused. In my anger and in my
jealousy, in my fiery wrath, I swear: On that day there shall be a
great shaking upon the land of Israel. Before me shall tremble the
fish of the sea and the birds of the air, the beasts of the field
and all the reptiles that crawl upon the ground, and all men who
are on the land. Mountains shall be overturned, and cliffs shall
tumble, and every wall shall fall to the ground. Against him I
will summon every terror, says the Lord GOD, every man's sword
against his brother. I will hold judgment with him in pestilence
and bloodshed; flooding rain and hailstones, fire and brimstone, I
will rain upon him, upon his troops, and upon the many peoples
with him. I will prove my greatness and holiness and make myself
known in the sight of many nations; thus they shall know that I am
the LORD. [EZEK 38:18-23]
Thus I will display my glory among the nations, and all the
nations shall see the judgment I have executed and the hand I have
laid upon them. From that day forward the house of Israel shall
know that I am the LORD, their God. [EZEK 39:21-22]
The king told Ashpenaz, his chief chamberlain, to bring in some
of the Israelites of royal blood and of the nobility, young men
without any defect, handsome, intelligent and wise, quick to
learn, and prudent in judgment, such as could take their place in
the king's palace; they were to be taught the language and
literature of the Chaldeans; after three years' training they were
to enter the king's service. The king allotted them a daily
portion of food and wine from the royal table. Among these were
men of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. The chief
chamberlain changed their names: Daniel to Belteshazzar, Hananiah
to Shadrach, Mishael to Meshach, and Azariah to Abednego. But
Daniel was resolved not to defile himself with the king's food or
wine; so he begged the chief chamberlain to spare him this
defilement. [DAN 1:3-8]
In the fire Azariah stood up and prayed aloud: "Blessed
are you, and praiseworthy, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and
glorious forever is your name. For you are just in all you have
done; all your deeds are faultless, all your ways right, and your
judgments proper. You have executed proper judgments in all that
you have brought upon us and upon Jerusalem, the holy city of our
fathers. By a proper judgment you have done all this because of
our sins; For we have sinned and transgressed by departing from
you, and we have done every kind of evil. Your commandments we
have not heeded or observed, nor have we done as you ordered us
for our good. Therefore all you have brought upon us, all you have
done to us, you have done by a proper judgment." [DAN 3:25-31]
I, Daniel, found my spirit anguished within its sheath of
flesh, and I was terrified by the visions of my mind. For, as I
watched, that horn made war against the holy ones and was
victorious until the Ancient One arrived; judgment was pronounced
in favor of the holy ones of the Most High, and the time came when
the holy ones possessed the kingdom. [DAN 7:15,21-22]
When the old men saw her enter every day for her walk, they
began to lust for her. They suppressed their consciences; they
would not allow their eyes to look to heaven, and did not keep in
mind just judgments. [DAN 13:8-9]
Hear this, O priests, Pay attention, O house of Israel, O
household of the king, give ear! It is you who are called to
judgment. For you have become a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread
upon Tabor. [HOSEA 5:1]
"Let us know, let us strive to know the LORD; as certain as the
dawn is his coming, and his judgment shines forth like the light
of day! He will come to us like the rain, like spring rain that
waters the earth." [HOSEA 6:3]
I will assemble all the nations and bring them down to the
Valley of Jehoshaphat, And I will enter into judgment with them
there on behalf of my people and my inheritance, Israel; Because
they have scattered them among the nations, and divided my land.
[JOEL 4:2]
Woe to those who turn judgment to wormwood and cast justice to
the ground! [AMOS 5:7]
Can horses run across a cliff? or can one plow the sea with
oxen? Yet you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of
justice into wormwood. [AMOS 6:12]
Then the Lord GOD showed me this: he called for a judgment by
fire. It had devoured the great abyss, and was consuming the land,
when I said: Cease, O Lord GOD! How can Jacob stand? He is so
small! The LORD repented of this. "This also shall not
be," said the Lord GOD. [AMOS 7:4-6]
This is why the law is benumbed, and judgment is never
rendered: Because the wicked circumvent the just; this is why
judgment comes forth perverted. [HAB 1:4]
Are you not from eternity, O LORD, my holy God, immortal? O
LORD you have marked him for judgment, O Rock, you have readied
him for punishment! [HAB 1:12]
The LORD has removed the judgment against you, he has turned
away your enemies; The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst,
you have no further misfortune to fear. [ZEPH 3:15]
Thus says the LORD of hosts: Render true judgment, and show
kindness and compassion toward each other. [Taken from ZECH 7:9]
These then are the things you should do: Speak the truth to one
another; let there be honesty and peace in the judgments at your
gates, and let none of you plot evil against another in his heart,
nor love a false oath. For all these things I hate, says the LORD.
[ZECH 8:16-17]
I will draw near to you for judgment, and I will be swift to
bear witness Against the sorcerers, adulterers, and perjurers,
those who defraud the hired man of his wages, Against those who
defraud widows and orphans; those who turn aside the stranger, and
those who do not fear me, says the LORD of hosts. [MAL 3:5]
When [John] saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers!
Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Produce good fruit as evidence of your repentance. And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as
our father.' For I tell you, God can raise up children to Abraham
from these stones. Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore
every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and
thrown into the fire." [Taken from MT 3:7-10]
[Jesus said,] "You have heard that it was said to your
ancestors, 'You shall not kill; and whoever kills will be liable
to judgment.' But I say to you, whoever is angry with his brother
will be liable to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Raqa,'
will be answerable to the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, 'You fool,'
will be liable to fiery Gehenna." [Taken from MT 5:21-22]
[Jesus said,] "Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is
wide and the road broad that leads to destruction, and those who
enter through it are many. How narrow the gate and constricted the road that leads to
life. And those who find it are few." [Taken from MT 7:13-14]
[Jesus said,] "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in
sheep's clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves. By their fruits you will know them. Do people pick grapes
from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Just so, every good tree bears good fruit, and a rotten tree
bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear
good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and
thrown into the fire. So by their fruits you will know them."
[Taken from MT 7:15-20]
[Jesus said,] "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter
the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my
Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not
prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name?
Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?' Then I will declare to them solemnly, 'I never knew you.
Depart from me, you evildoers.'" [Taken from MT 7:21-23]
"I say to you, many will come from the east and the west,
and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in
the kingdom of heaven, but the children of the kingdom will be driven out into the
outer darkness, where there will be wailing and grinding of
teeth." [MT 8:11-12]
Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus,
"Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go
rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make
this proclamation: 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' Whoever
will not receive you or listen to your words - go outside that
house or town and shake the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to
you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah
on the day of judgment than for that town." [MT 10:5-7,14-15]
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