The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. Treasury of Scripture God Genesis 33:20 And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. Exodus 3:15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham... Exodus 19:5,6 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people... Exodus 20:2 I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. the Rock 2 Samuel 22:2,32 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer... Deuteronomy 32:4,30,31 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he... Psalm 42:9 I will say to God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? he that ruleth. or, Be thou ruler, etc. Psalm 110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you in the middle of your enemies. must be just Exodus 23:6-8 You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause... Deuteronomy 16:18-20 Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes... Psalm 82:3,4 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy... Proverbs 31:9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Isaiah 11:4,5 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth... Isaiah 32:1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. Jeremiah 23:5 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper... Zechariah 9:9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just... Hebrews 1:8 But to the Son he said, Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. ruling Exodus 18:21 Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness... 2 Chronicles 19:7-9 Why now let the fear of the LORD be on you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons... Nehemiah 5:14 Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah...
Context David's Last Song
1Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 5Although my house be not so with God; yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 6But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: 7But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,
Douay-Rheims Bible
The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God.
Darby Bible Translation
The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler among men shall be just, Ruling in the fear of God;
King James Bible
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
Young's Literal Translation
He said -- the God of Israel -- to me, He spake -- the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man is righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God.
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