Deuteronomy 25:1

“If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.”

"If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked." - Deuteronomy 25:1
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What does Deuteronomy 25:1 mean?

Deuteronomy 25:1 (KJV) states: "If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked." This verse from the book of Deuteronomy is part of the Jewish Torah, the first five…

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Judgment, Justice, and Our Higher Calling

Deuteronomy 25:1 states, "If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked." This verse, nestled within the Mosaic laws, encapsulates profound truths about justice…

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A Prayer for Justice and Righteousness

O Lord, our righteous Judge and eternal Sovereign, we come before You today with hearts full of reverence and awe, recognizing Your supreme authority over all creation. We lift our voices in prayer, reflecting upon the profound words found in Deuteronomy 25:1, where You have…

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Deuteronomy 25:1 - "If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked."
Deuteronomy 1:25 - "And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us."
Deuteronomy 25:13 - "¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small."
Deuteronomy 25:4 - "¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn."
Deuteronomy 31:25 - "That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying,"
Deuteronomy 25:14 - "Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small."
Deuteronomy 33:25 - "Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be."
Deuteronomy 25:10 - "And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed."
Deuteronomy 25:16 - "For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God."
Deuteronomy 27:25 - "Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen."
Deuteronomy 25:17 - "¶ Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;"
Deuteronomy 3:25 - "I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon."
Deuteronomy 32:25 - "The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs."
Deuteronomy 25:8 - "Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;"
Deuteronomy 22:25 - "¶ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:"
Deuteronomy 6:25 - "And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us."
Deuteronomy 25:6 - "And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel."
Deuteronomy 12:25 - "Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD."
Deuteronomy 14:25 - "Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose:"
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."
"¶ Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small." - Deuteronomy 25:13
Genesis 1:1-25
Genesis 1:1-25
Genesis 1:1-25
"¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn." - Deuteronomy 25:4
"That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying," - Deuteronomy 31:25
"Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small." - Deuteronomy 25:14
Deuteronomy 5:25 - "Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die."
Deuteronomy 25:18 - "How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God."