Deuteronomy 16:18

Justice

18“You shall appoint ajudges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Deuteronomy 17:9

9 bAnd you shall come to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall consult them, and cthey shall declare to you the decision.

Luke 9:56

56And they went on to another village.

Luke 12:13-14

The Parable of the Rich Fool

13 dSomeone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14But he said to him, eMan, fwho made me a judge or arbitrator over you?”

John 3:17

17For gGod did not send his Son into the world hto condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 8:15

15 iYou judge according to the flesh; jI judge no one.

John 18:36

36Jesus answered, kMy kingdom lis not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, mmy servants would have been fighting, that nI might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”

Romans 13:3-4

3For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you owill receive his approval, 4for phe is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, qan avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer.
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