Court

Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath of God: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to turn aside after a multitude to wrest justice:

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

that justify the wicked for a bribe, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints?

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Jehovah, and their righteousness which is of me, saith Jehovah.

But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully, — read the full passage →

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. — read the full passage →

Asa troubled fountain, and a corrupted spring, So isa righteous man that giveth way before the wicked.

Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art with him in the way; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.

That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: — read the full passage →

And if thy brother sin against thee, go, show him his fault between thee and him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.

When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he entered, himself and his disciples. — read the full passage →

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

Go not forth hastily to strive, Lestthou know notwhat to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, even to them that are called according to his purpose.

And Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth his hand, and made his defence: — read the full passage →

And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the sojourner that is with him.

If the thief be found breaking in, and be smitten so that he dieth, there shall be no bloodguiltiness for him. — read the full passage →

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. — read the full passage →

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

Or know ye not that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?

And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown: — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

These are the things that ye shall do: Speak ye every man the truth with his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates;

In the four corners of the court there were courts inclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four in the corners were of one measure.

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness; — read the full passage →

Trust in Jehovah with all thy heart, And lean not upon thine own understanding:

And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. — read the full passage →

Ye shall make you no idols, neither shall ye rear you up a graven image, or a pillar, neither shall ye place any figured stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am Jehovah your God. — read the full passage →

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty; but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor.

and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

but brother goeth to law with brother, and that before unbelievers? — read the full passage →

Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →

But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.

And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. — read the full passage →

Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for controversies. And they returned to Jerusalem. — read the full passage →

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth: — read the full passage →

eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, — read the full passage →

Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. — read the full passage →

Dare any of you, having a matter against his neighbor, go to law before the unrighteous, and not before the saints? — read the full passage →

It is actually reported that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not even among the Gentiles, that oneof you hath his father’s wife. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? — read the full passage →

And there are gathered together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, — read the full passage →

Then saith Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into its place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. — read the full passage →

But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two more, that at the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established.

Then there come to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying, — read the full passage →

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. — read the full passage →

Now shalt thou gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us; they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.

And he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, — read the full passage →

The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of Jehovah; for there he offered the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Jehovah was too little to receive the burnt-offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.

They chose new gods; Then was war in the gates: Was there a shield or spear seen Among forty thousand in Israel?

And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and railing, be put away from you, with all malice:

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.

He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day. — read the full passage →

But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in honor of all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while.

But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men. — read the full passage →

And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people. — read the full passage →

And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. — read the full passage →

But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, — read the full passage →

and led him to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. — read the full passage →

And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

Now the chief priests and the whole council sought witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found it not. — read the full passage →

Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: — read the full passage →

And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and smote in the city.

Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause. — read the full passage →

And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and there come together with him all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.

When a man’s ways please Jehovah, He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Ascribe unto Jehovah the glory due unto his name: Bring an offering, and come into his courts.

They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, That he may dwell in thy courts: We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, Thy holy temple.

Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults. — read the full passage →

And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. — read the full passage →

for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

If then ye have to judge things pertaining to this life, do ye set them to judge who are of no account in the church?

And Paul, looking stedfastly on the council, said, Brethren, I have lived before God in all good conscience until this day. — read the full passage →

Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. — read the full passage →

But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy, — read the full passage →

whose soever sins ye forgive, they are forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.