When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.


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Matthew 5 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Isaiah 29 21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Romans 2 15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;
Exodus 21 6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
Psalms 79 11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
Genesis 19 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Jeremiah 7 5 For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
Isaiah 16 3 Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
Deuteronomy 25 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
Acts 23 29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
Deuteronomy 19 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
Acts 19 38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
1 Corinthians 6 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
Isaiah 26 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Psalms 102 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
Ecclesiastes 10 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Exodus 22 8 If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour's goods.
Proverbs 22 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.
Isaiah 1 12 When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Exodus 18 16 When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
Habakkuk 1 4 Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Proverbs 12 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Isaiah 29 20 For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
Proverbs 19 11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Isaiah 26 7 The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
2 Timothy 4 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
Psalms 119 150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
1 Timothy 1 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
Proverbs 21 11 When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
Micah 7 3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Proverbs 28 4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Luke 11 46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
Proverbs 11 7 When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
James 4 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
James 1 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Luke 11 52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Isaiah 59 14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Jeremiah 39 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Hosea 5 15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Psalms 32 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
Psalms 35 23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Proverbs 6 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Job 38 20 That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?
Job 23 7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge.
Proverbs 11 27 He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
Proverbs 19 20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
Proverbs 1 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
Job 36 17 But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
Proverbs 11 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.
Leviticus 19 35 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.