Bible Cross References
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
2 Chronicles 19:8
In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed Levites, priests, and some of the leading citizens as judges in cases involving a violation of the Law of the LORD or legal disputes between inhabitants of the city.
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
18
"Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the LORD your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.
19
They are not to be unjust or show partiality in their judgments; and they are not to accept bribes, for gifts blind the eyes even of wise and honest men, and cause them to give wrong decisions.
20
Always be fair and just, so that you will occupy the land that the LORD your God is giving you and so that you will continue to live there.
Romans 13:1-5
1
Everyone must obey state authorities, because no authority exists without God's permission, and the existing authorities have been put there by God.
2
Whoever opposes the existing authority opposes what God has ordered; and anyone who does so will bring judgment on himself.
3
For rulers are not to be feared by those who do good, but by those who do evil. Would you like to be unafraid of those in authority? Then do what is good, and they will praise you,
4
because they are God's servants working for your own good. But if you do evil, then be afraid of them, because their power to punish is real. They are God's servants and carry out God's punishment on those who do evil.
5
For this reason you must obey the authorities---not just because of God's punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
1 Peter 2:13
For the sake of the Lord submit yourselves to every human authority: to the Emperor, who is the supreme authority,
1 Peter 2:14
and to the governors, who have been appointed by him to punish the evildoers and to praise those who do good.