Deuteronomy 16:18-20
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. 19 bYou shall not pervert justice. cYou shall not show partiality, dand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. 20Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.2 Chronicles 19:8
8Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat eappointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, fto give judgment for the Lord and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem.Romans 13:1-5
Submission to the Authorities
1Let every person gbe subject to the governing authorities. For hthere is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. 2Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. 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 iwill receive his approval, 4for jhe 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, kan avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also lfor the sake of conscience.1 Peter 2:13-14
Submission to Authority
13 mBe subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, ▼▼Or every institution ordained for people
whether it be to the emperor ▼▼Or king; also verse 17
as supreme, 14or to governors as sent by him pto punish those who do evil and qto praise those who do good.
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