Topic
Magistrates
46 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 41:46Torrey Good-Exemplified — Joseph
¶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 18:21Torrey To be wisely selected and appointed
Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:
- Exodus 23:6Torrey SHOULD — Be impartial
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
- Exodus 23:8Torrey SHOULD — Not take bribes
¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 1:16Torrey SHOULD — Judge righteously
And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
- Deuteronomy 1:17Torrey SHOULD — Be impartial
Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God’s: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it.
- Deuteronomy 16:18Torrey SHOULD — Judge righteously
¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
- Deuteronomy 16:19Torrey SHOULD — Not take bribes
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 25:1Torrey SHOULD — Judge righteously
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.
- Judges 8:35Torrey Good-Exemplified — Gideon
Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel.
- 1 Samuel 8:3Torrey Wicked-Exemplified — Sons of Samuel
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- 1 Samuel 12:3Torrey Good-Exemplified — Samuel
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and…
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- 1 Samuel 12:4 Torrey Good-Exemplified — Samuel
- 2 Samuel 23:3 Torrey SHOULD — Rule in the fear of God
- 1 Kings 3:9 Torrey SHOULD — Seek wisdom from God
- 1 Kings 3:16–28 Torrey SHOULD — Judge wisely
- 2 Chronicles 19:6 Torrey SHOULD — Judge for God, not for man
- 2 Chronicles 19:7 Torrey SHOULD — Rule in the fear of God
- Ezra 7:25 Torrey To be wisely selected and appointed
- Ezra 7:26 Torrey SHOULD — Enforce the laws
- Ezra 10:1–9 Torrey Good-Exemplified — Samuel
- Nehemiah 3:15 Torrey Good-Exemplified — Nehemiah
- Job 29:12 Torrey SHOULD — Defend the poor
- Job 29:16 Torrey SHOULD — Defend the poor
- Proverbs 28:15 Torrey Wicked-Illustrated
- Daniel 6:3 Torrey Good-Exemplified — Daniel
- Daniel 6:4 Torrey SHOULD — Be faithful to the Sovereign
- Matthew 23:2 Torrey SHOULD — Subjection to their authority enjoined
- Matthew 23:3 Torrey SHOULD — Subjection to their authority enjoined
- Matthew 27:24 Torrey Wicked-Exemplified — Pilate
- Matthew 27:26 Torrey Wicked-Exemplified — Pilate
- Acts 16:22 Torrey Wicked-Exemplified — Magistrates in Philippi
- Acts 16:23 Torrey Wicked-Exemplified — Magistrates in Philippi
- Acts 18:16 Torrey Wicked-Exemplified — Gallio
- Acts 18:17 Torrey Wicked-Exemplified — Gallio
- Acts 23:5 Torrey Their office to be respected
- Acts 24:26 Torrey Wicked-Exemplified — Felix
- Romans 12:8 Torrey SHOULD — Be diligent in ruling
- Romans 13:1 Torrey Are appointed by God
- Romans 13:3 Torrey Are not a terror to the good, but to the evil
- Romans 13:4 Torrey Are ministers of God
- Romans 13:6 Torrey Are ministers of God
- 1 Timothy 2:1 Torrey To be prayed for
- 1 Timothy 2:2 Torrey To be prayed for
- 1 Peter 2:13 Torrey SHOULD — Subjection to their authority enjoined
- 1 Peter 2:14 Torrey Purpose of their appointment
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 52 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Are appointed by God Ro 13:1
- Are ministers of God Ro 13:4,6
- Purpose of their appointment Ro 13:4; 1Pe 2:14
- Their office to be respected Ac 23:5
- Are not a terror to the good, but to the evil Ro 13:3
- To be wisely selected and appointed Ex 18:21; Ezr 7:25
- To be prayed for 1Ti 2:1,2
- SHOULD
- Seek wisdom from God 1Ki 3:9
- Rule in the fear of God 2Sa 23:3; 2Ch 19:7
- Know the law of God Ezr 7:25
- Be faithful to the Sovereign Da 6:4
- Enforce the laws Ezr 7:26
- Judge wisely 1Ki 3:16-28
- Hate covetousness Ex 18:21
- Not take bribes Ex 23:8; De 16:19
- Defend the poor Job 29:12,16
- Judge for God, not for man 2Ch 19:6
- Judge righteously De 1:16; 16:18; 25:1
- Be impartial Ex 23:6; De 1:17
- Be diligent in ruling Ro 12:8
- Subjection to their authority enjoined Mt 23:2,3; Ro 13:1; 1Pe 2:13,14
- Wicked-Illustrated Pr 28:15
- Good-Exemplified
- Wicked-Exemplified
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.