Bible Verses About Courts of Justice: Held at the gates
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Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Verses on Held at the gates
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
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.
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.