Nave’s Topical Bible
Court
59 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- ECCLESIASTICAL
1 Chronicles 26:29-32; 2 Chronicles 19:8-11; Matthew 18:15-18; John 20:23
- CIVIL
- Held at the tabernacle
- The gates of cities
Deuteronomy 21:19; Deuteronomy 22:15; Deuteronomy 25:7; Joshua 20:4; Ruth 4:1; Zechariah 8:16
- Under a palm tree
- COMPOSITION OF, AND MODE OF PROCEDURE
Exodus 18:25-26; Deuteronomy 1:15-17; Deuteronomy 17:9; Ruth 4:2-5; 1 Chronicles 26:29-32; 2 Chronicles 19:8-11; Matthew 26:54-71; Mark 14:53,55-65; Mark 15:1; Luke 22:50-71; John 18:13-28; Acts 5:17-21,25-28,34,38-41
See JUDGE
See JUSTICE
- CIRCUIT
- SUPERIOR, AND INFERIOR
Exodus 18:21-26; Deuteronomy 1:15-17; Deuteronomy 17:8-13; 2 Chronicles 19:5-10
- JUSTICE REQUIRED OF
Exodus 23:2-3,6-8; Deuteronomy 1:16-17; Deuteronomy 25:1; 2 Chronicles 19:5-10
- SENTENCE OF, FINAL AND OBLIGATORY
- CONTEMPT OF
- CORRUPT
Proverbs 17:15; Proverbs 29:26; Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 5:23; Isaiah 10:1-2; Micah 3:11; Micah 7:3; Zephaniah 3:3; Matthew 26:59-62; Matthew 27:18-26; Mark 14:53,55-65; Mark 15:10; Acts 4:15-18; Acts 6:11-14; Acts 24:26-27
- ACCUSED SPOKE IN HIS OWN DEFENSE
Jeremiah 26:11-16; Mark 15:3-5; Acts 4:8-12,18-20; Acts 5:29-32; Acts 7:1-56; Acts 23:1-7; Acts 26:1-32
See APPEAL
See PUNISHMENT
See WITNESS
Bible verses about “Court”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- 1 Chronicles 26:29Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
- 1 Chronicles 26:30And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valour, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the Lord, and in the service of the king.
- 1 Chronicles 26:31Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
- 1 Chronicles 26:32And his brethren, men of valour, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 19:8Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the Lord, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 19:9And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect heart.
- 2 Chronicles 19:10And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the Lord, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass.
- 2 Chronicles 19:11And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.
- Matthew 18:15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- Matthew 18:16But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
- Matthew 18:17And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
- Matthew 18:18Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
- John 20:23Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
- Numbers 27:2And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
- Deuteronomy 21:19Then 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;
- Deuteronomy 22:15Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel’s virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate:
- Deuteronomy 25:7And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.
- Joshua 20:4And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them.
- Ruth 4:1Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.
- Zechariah 8:16These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
- Judges 4:5And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth–el in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- Exodus 18:25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.
- Exodus 18:26And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
- Deuteronomy 1:15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
- Deuteronomy 1:16And 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 1:17Ye 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 17:9And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
- Ruth 4:2And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.
- Ruth 4:3And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
- Ruth 4:4And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
- Ruth 4:5Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.
- Matthew 26:54But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
- Matthew 26:55In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
- Matthew 26:56But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
- Matthew 26:57And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
- Matthew 26:58But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest’s palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
- Matthew 26:59Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
- Matthew 26:60But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
- Matthew 26:61And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
- Matthew 26:62And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?