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Lexicon :: Strong's H4941 - mišpāṭ

Aa
מִשְׁפָּט
Transliteration
mišpāṭ
Pronunciation
mish-pawt'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2443c

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'; from H8199; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:— adversary, ceremony, charge, × crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, × worthy, wrong.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 421x

The KJV translates Strong's H4941 in the following manner: judgment (296x), manner (38x), right (18x), cause (12x), ordinance (11x), lawful (7x), order (5x), worthy (3x), fashion (3x), custom (2x), discretion (2x), law (2x), measure (2x), sentence (2x), miscellaneous (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 421x
The KJV translates Strong's H4941 in the following manner: judgment (296x), manner (38x), right (18x), cause (12x), ordinance (11x), lawful (7x), order (5x), worthy (3x), fashion (3x), custom (2x), discretion (2x), law (2x), measure (2x), sentence (2x), miscellaneous (18x).
  1. judgment, justice, ordinance

    1. judgment

      1. act of deciding a case

      2. place, court, seat of judgment

      3. process, procedure, litigation (before judges)

      4. case, cause (presented for judgment)

      5. sentence, decision (of judgment)

      6. execution (of judgment)

      7. time (of judgment)

    2. justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)

    3. ordinance

    4. decision (in law)

    5. right, privilege, due (legal)

    6. proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'; from H8199; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style:— adversary, ceremony, charge, × crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, × worthy, wrong.
STRONGS H4941: Abbreviations
מִשְׁפָּט 422 noun masculineGenesis 40:13 judgment; — absolute מִשְׁפָּט Exodus 21:31 + 203 times, + לְשְִׁ֯פָּט Ezekiel 44:24 (but read Kt לִשְׁפֹּט with Greek Version of the LXX Targum Syriac Version Co and others); construct מִשְׁפַּט Exodus 23:6 + 50 times; suffix מִשְׁפָּטִי Isaiah 40:27 +; מִשְׁפָּטָם Jeremiah 49:12 +; מִשְׁפָּטָן Numbers 27:5; plural מִשְׁפָּטִים Jeremiah 4:12 + 34 times; suffix מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ Deuteronomy 33:10 +, etc.; —
1. judgment:
a. act of deciding a case: מ׳ be-longeth to God Deuteronomy 1:17, is from him Proverbs 16:33; Proverbs 29:26; אֱלֹהֵי הַמּ׳ Malachi 2:17; חשֶׁן מ׳ Exodus 28:15 the pouch of judgment, so Exodus 28:29; Exodus 28:30 (P); worn on heart of Aaron Exodus 28:30 (P); צֶדֶק מ׳ Deuteronomy 16:18; הֵבִין מ׳ Job 32:9; שׁפט מ׳ 1 Kings 3:28; עשׂה מ׳ 1 Kings 3:28; דְּבַר (ה)מ׳ Deuteronomy 17:9; 2 Chronicles 19:6; רוח מ׳ Isaiah 28:6; במשׁפט Leviticus 19:15, 35 (H) Deuteronomy 1:17; Proverbs 16:10; Proverbs 24:23; חאורים במ׳ Numbers 27:21 (P); למשׁפט Numbers 35:12; Joshua 20:6 (P) Deuteronomy 17:8; Judges 4:5; 2 Samuel 15:2, 6; 2 Chronicles 19:8; Isaiah 34:5; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 54:17; Isaiah 59:11; Habakkuk 1:12; Malachi 3:5; Psalm 9:8; Psalm 35:23; Psalm 76:10; Psalm 122:5; Job 9:19 (Ezekiel 44:24 see above).
†b. place, court seat of judgment Deuteronomy 25:1; 1 Kings 7:7; Isaiah 28:6; Ecclesiastes 3:16.
†c. process, procedure, litigation before judges: הֵבִיא במ׳ Job 14:3; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 12:14; בא במ׳, with עם Isaiah 3:14; Job 22:4, with את Psalm 143:2, with יחדו Job 9:32, חלד במ׳ Job 34:23, compare Ezekiel 34:16; Psalm 112:5; plural דבּר משׁפטים, with את litigate with Jeremiah 1:16; Jeremiah 4:12; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 39:5 = Jeremiah 52:9, singular מִשְׁפָּט in || 2 Kings 25:6, by error.
†d. case or cause presented for judgment: בעל מ׳ Isaiah 50:8; ערךְ מ׳ Job 13:18; Job 23:4; שׁמע מ׳ 1 Kings 3:11; מ׳שׁפט Lamentations 3:59, compare Numbers 27:5 (P) 2 Samuel 15:4.
†e. sentence, decision of judgment: כן משׁפטךָ 1 Kings 20:40 thus is thy sentence; עת ומ׳ Ecclesiastes 8:5, 6 time and sentence; על מ׳ Deuteronomy 17:11 according to the sentence; מָוֶת מ׳ Deuteronomy 19:6; Deuteronomy 21:22; Jeremiah 26:11, 16; דמים מ׳ Ezekiel 7:23, compare Habakkuk 1:4 (twice in verse); Psalm 7:7; Psalm 17:2; Ezekiel 23:45; plural only Ezekiel 16:68 משׁפטֵי נאפות; Hosea 6:5 read singular כָאוֹר מִשְׁפָּטִי for אוֺר מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ after Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Ew Hi Che and most modern
†f. execution of judgment, in general, עשׂה מ׳, with בֵּין Jeremiah 7:5; Ezekiel 18:8, compare Deuteronomy 32:41; Zephaniah 3:8; with בְּ against Psalm 119:84; Psalm 149:9; ב omitted Psalm 9:17; Ezekiel 39:21, בא אל מ׳ Jeremiah 48:21, ברוח מ׳ Isaiah 4:4, מואב מ׳ Jeremiah 48:47, compare Isaiah 53:8; Jeremiah 51:9; Hosea 5:1, 11; Hosea 10:4; Job 36:17; plural Isaiah 26:8, 9; Ezekiel 5:8; Zephaniah 3:15; Psalm 10:5; in favour of, עשׂה משׁפטִי Micah 7:9; Psalm 9:5; לעשׁוקים מ׳ Psalm 146:7; והציל דין מ׳ Jeremiah 21:12, compare Zechariah 7:9; Zechariah 8:16; plural Psalm 48:12 = Psalm 97:8Psalm 6; Psalm 5; 7= 1 Chronicles 16:12, 14.
†g. time of judgment, לִא יקומו במ׳ Psalm 1:5 (late; probably judgment of the resurrection).
2. attribute of the שֹׁפֵט, justice, right, rectitude:
a. of God, אלהי מ׳ Isaiah 30:18; הֲשֹׁפֵט כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה מ׳ Genesis 18:25 (J), compare Job 40:8; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 111:7; he loves it Psalm 33:5; Psalm 37:28; Psalm 99:4; צדק ומ׳ Hosea 2:21; Psalm 89:15 = Psalm 97:2; will not pervert it Job 8:3; Job 34:12, compare Job 37:23; כמשׁפטךָ Psalm 119:149 (|| חסדךָ); רַבָּה תְּהוֺם מִשְׁפָּֽטְךָ Psalm 36:7 (read singular).
b. of man: אַשְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵי מ׳ Psalm 106:8 (|| צדקה); the tongue of the wise speaketh מ׳ Psalm 37:30; so of thoughts מ׳ Proverbs 12:5; put on מ׳ as robe Job 29:14, chosen Job 34:4; עשׂה מ׳: God requires that man should do it Micah 6:8; Isaiah 1:17; Isaiah 56:1, compare Isaiah 61:8; it is the joy of the righteous Proverbs 21:15; rulers should know it Micah 3:1, compare Proverbs 29:4; wicked ruler שׂוֺנֵא מ׳ Job 34:17; abhors it Micah 3:9, compare Proverbs 19:28; Proverbs 21:7; Proverbs 28:5.
3. ordinance promulgated by שֹׁפֵט: 1 Samuel 8:9, 11; 1 Samuel 10:25 (law of king); Levitical ordinances Leviticus 5:10; Leviticus 9:16 + 13 times P, 1 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Chronicles 24:19; 2 Chronicles 4:7, 20; 8:14; 35:13; Nehemiah 8:18; חק ומ׳ Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25 (E) 1 Samuel 30:25, compare Psalm 81:5; חקת מ׳ Numbers 27:11; Numbers 35:29 (P); divine law in general יהוה מ׳ Jeremiah 8:7; מ׳ אלהים Isaiah 58:2; Jeremiah 5:4, 5 (|| דֶּרֶךְ), compare Psalm 25:9; || תורה Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 51:4; Ezra 7:10; compare Zephaniah 2:3; Psalm 119:43; Psalm 119:160; plural of particular ordinances Deuteronomy 33:10, 21 (poem), Isaiah 58:2; Ezekiel 44:24; Psalm 19:10; Psalm 119:7 + 16 times, Psalm 147:20.
4. decision of the שֹׁפֵט in a case of law (see BrHexateuch 252 sq.): singular of particular decision of a case Exodus 21:31 (E); plural of series of decisions Exodus 21:1; Exodus 24:3 (JE) Deuteronomy 7:12 (D2); in covt. code and D, collection of pentads in conditional or temporal compare, with כּי or אם in D, and subject in combination, חקים ומשׁפטים Deuteronomy 4:1. 5. 8. 14. 45 +; in code of H and after, in combination חקות ומשׁפטים, Leviticus 18:4, 5, 26; Leviticus 19:37 +; (the specific type of these laws in H is אִישׁ כִּי, over against נפשׁ כי or אדם כי in code of P, see BrHexateuch 254 f.); other combinations, redactional and later, Leviticus 26:46; Numbers 36:13; Deuteronomy 30:16; 2 Kings 17:37; 2 Chronicles 33:8; Nehemiah 9:13; Psalm 18:23; Psalm 89:31; Psalm 147:19.
5. one's (legal) right, privilege, due: הַכּהֲנִים מ׳ Deuteronomy 18:3 due of the priests, הַבְּכֹרָה מ׳ Deuteronomy 21:17; מ׳ הַגְּאֻלָּה Jeremiah 32:7 right of redemption; הַיְרֻשָּׁה מ׳ Jeremiah 32:8; הִטָּה מ׳ Exodus 23:6 (E) wrest right, so Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 23:6; Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 27:19; 1 Samuel 8:3; Lamentations 3:35, compare Proverbs 18:5; יְתוֺם מ׳ Deuteronomy 10:18; אביון מ׳ Exodus 23:6 (E) Jeremiah 5:28; Psalm 140:13; עניים מ׳ Isaiah 10:2; Job 36:6; הסיר מ׳ Job 27:2; Job 34:5, compare Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 49:4.
6.
a. proper, fitting, measure 1 Kings 5:8; fitness Isaiah 28:26; Isaiah 40:14 (of fitness in the order of nature; compare Di).
b. custom, manner: הכהנים מ׳ 1 Samuel 2:13 custom of the priests (rightful due, according to Th We Dr and most); מִשְפָּטוֹ 1 Samuel 27:11 his (David's) custom; מ׳ הגוים 2 Kings 17:33 manner of the nations, compare 2 Kings 17:26, 27 (Rssem. 1, 24, 2nd ed. 23); כמ׳ after the manner, custom, fashion (of) Genesis 40:13; Exodus 21:9 (E) Judges 18:7; 1 Kings 18:28; 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 6:17; Ezekiel 42:11; Psalm 119:132.
†c. מה משׁפט Judges 13:12 what manner of a boy, compare 2 Kings 1:7.
†d. plan... of the tabernacle Exodus 26:30 (P); temple 1 Kings 6:38; palace Jeremiah 30:18.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:25; 40:13; 40:13

Exodus

15:25; 21:1; 21:9; 21:31; 21:31; 23:6; 23:6; 23:6; 24:3; 26:30; 28:15; 28:29; 28:30; 28:30

Leviticus

5:10; 9:16; 18:4; 18:5; 18:26; 19:15; 19:35; 19:37; 26:46

Numbers

27:5; 27:5; 27:11; 27:21; 35:12; 35:29; 36:13

Deuteronomy

1:17; 1:17; 4:1; 4:5; 4:8; 4:14; 4:45; 7:12; 10:18; 16:18; 16:19; 17:8; 17:9; 17:11; 18:3; 19:6; 21:17; 21:22; 23:6; 24:17; 25:1; 27:19; 30:16; 32:4; 32:41; 33:10; 33:10; 33:21

Joshua

20:6; 24:25

Judges

4:5; 13:12; 18:7

1 Samuel

2:13; 8:3; 8:9; 8:11; 10:25; 27:11; 30:25

2 Samuel

15:2; 15:4; 15:6

1 Kings

3:11; 3:28; 3:28; 5:8; 6:38; 7:7; 18:28; 20:40

2 Kings

1:7; 11:14; 17:26; 17:27; 17:33; 17:34; 17:37; 25:6

1 Chronicles

6:17; 15:13; 16:12; 16:14; 24:19

2 Chronicles

4:7; 4:20; 8:14; 19:6; 19:8; 33:8; 35:13

Ezra

7:10

Nehemiah

8:18; 9:13

Job

8:3; 9:19; 9:32; 13:18; 14:3; 22:4; 23:4; 27:2; 29:14; 32:9; 34:4; 34:5; 34:12; 34:17; 34:23; 36:6; 36:17; 37:23; 40:8

Psalms

1:5; 5; 6; 7; 7:7; 9:5; 9:8; 9:17; 10:5; 17:2; 18:23; 19:10; 25:9; 33:5; 35:23; 36:7; 37:28; 37:30; 48:12; 76:10; 81:5; 89:15; 89:31; 97:2; 97:8; 99:4; 106:8; 111:7; 112:5; 119:7; 119:43; 119:84; 119:132; 119:149; 119:160; 122:5; 140:13; 143:2; 146:7; 147:19; 147:20; 149:9

Proverbs

12:5; 16:10; 16:33; 18:5; 19:28; 21:7; 21:15; 24:23; 28:5; 29:4; 29:26

Ecclesiastes

3:16; 8:5; 8:6; 11:9; 12:14

Isaiah

1:17; 3:14; 4:4; 10:2; 26:8; 26:9; 28:6; 28:6; 28:26; 30:18; 34:5; 40:14; 40:27; 40:27; 41:1; 42:4; 49:4; 50:8; 51:4; 53:8; 54:17; 56:1; 58:2; 58:2; 59:11; 61:8

Jeremiah

1:16; 4:12; 4:12; 5:4; 5:5; 5:28; 7:5; 8:7; 12:1; 21:12; 26:11; 26:16; 30:18; 32:7; 32:8; 39:5; 48:21; 48:47; 49:12; 51:9; 52:9

Lamentations

3:35; 3:59

Ezekiel

5:8; 7:23; 18:8; 23:45; 34:16; 39:21; 42:11; 44:24; 44:24; 44:24

Hosea

2:21; 5:1; 5:11; 6:5; 10:4

Micah

3:1; 3:9; 6:8; 7:9

Habakkuk

1:4; 1:12

Zephaniah

2:3; 3:8; 3:15

Zechariah

7:9; 8:16

Malachi

2:17; 3:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4941 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁפָּט (mišpāṭ),
which occurs 424 times in 406 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 9 (Deu 4:14–2Sa 22:23)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:14 - “And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might observe them in the land which you cross over to possess.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:45 - These are the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which Moses spoke to the children of Israel after they came out of Egypt,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:1 - And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:31 - ‘But as for you, stand here by Me, and I will speak to you all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I am giving them to possess.’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:1 - “Now this is the commandment, and these are the statutes and judgments which the LORD your God has commanded to teach you, that you may observe them in the land which you are crossing over to possess,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:20 - “When your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies, the statutes, and the judgments which the LORD our God has commanded you?’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:11 - “Therefore you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I command you today, to observe them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:12 - “Then it shall come to pass, because you listen to these judgments, and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you the covenant and the mercy which He swore to your fathers.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:11 - “Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:18 - “He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:1 - “Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:32 - “And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:1 - “These are the statutes and judgments which you shall be careful to observe in the land which the LORD God of your fathers is giving you to possess, all the days that you live on the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:19 - “You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 - “If a matter arises which is too hard for you to judge, between degrees of guilt for bloodshed, between one judgment or another, or between one punishment or another, matters of controversy within your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:9 - “And you shall come to the priests, the Levites, and to the judge there in those days, and inquire of them; they shall pronounce upon you the sentence of judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:11 - “According to the sentence of the law in which they instruct you, according to the judgment which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left from the sentence which they pronounce upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:3 - “And this shall be the priest’s due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it is bull or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder, the cheeks, and the stomach.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:6 - “lest the avenger of blood, while his anger is hot, pursue the manslayer and overtake him, because the way is long, and kill him, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated the victim in time past.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:17 - “But he shall acknowledge the son of the unloved wife as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:22 - “If a man has committed a sin deserving of death, and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:17 - “You shall not pervert justice due the stranger or the fatherless, nor take a widow’s garment as a pledge.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 - “If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:16 - “This day the LORD your God commands you to observe these statutes and judgments; therefore you shall be careful to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:17 - “Today you have proclaimed the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His judgments, and that you will obey His voice.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - ‘Cursed is the one who perverts the justice due the stranger, the fatherless, and widow.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:16 - “in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:4 - He is the Rock, His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
A God of truth and without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - If I whet My glittering sword,
And My hand takes hold on judgment,
I will render vengeance to My enemies,
And repay those who hate Me.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:10 - They shall teach Jacob Your judgments,
And Israel Your law.
They shall put incense before You,
And a whole burnt sacrifice on Your altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:21 - He provided the first part for himself,
Because a lawgiver’s portion was reserved there.
He came with the heads of the people;
He administered the justice of the LORD,
And His judgments with Israel.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:15 - But it came to pass on the seventh day that they rose early, about the dawning of the day, and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. On that day only they marched around the city seven times.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 20:6 - ‘And he shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the slayer may return and come to his own city and his own house, to the city from which he fled.’ ”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:25 - So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:5 - And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - Manoah said, “Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy’s rule of life, and his work?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 - So the five men departed and went to Laish. They saw the people who were there, how they dwelt safely, in the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure. There were no rulers in the land who might put them to shame for anything. They were far from the Sidonians, and they had no ties with anyone.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:13 - And the priests’ custom with the people was that when any man offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant would come with a three-pronged fleshhook in his hand while the meat was boiling.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:3 - But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:9 - “Now therefore, heed their voice. However, you shall solemnly forewarn them, and show them the behavior of the king who will reign over them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:11 - And he said, “This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:25 - Then Samuel explained to the people the behavior of royalty, and wrote it in a book and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:11 - David would save neither man nor woman alive, to bring news to Gath, saying, “Lest they should inform on us, saying, ‘Thus David did.’ ” And thus was his behavior all the time he dwelt in the country of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:25 - So it was, from that day forward; he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:15 - So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered judgment and justice to all his people.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - Now Absalom would rise early and stand beside the way to the gate. So it was, whenever anyone who had a lawsuit came to the king for a decision, that Absalom would call to him and say, “What city are you from?” And he would say, “Your servant is from such and such a tribe of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - Moreover Absalom would say, “Oh, that I were made judge in the land, and everyone who has any suit or cause would come to me; then I would give him justice.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6 - In this manner Absalom acted toward all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:23 - For all His judgments were before me;
And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan