100 Bible Verses About Court Cases

They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.

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:

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:

Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.

And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.

And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;

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.

Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.

Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.

When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.

And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:

At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.

Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;

Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.

And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king.

In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes.

Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,

Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;

And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him;

No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man’s life to pledge.

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

And Bath–sheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.

And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.

And 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:

So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the Lord.

If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;

And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.

Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.

If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the Lord thy God shall choose;

And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

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.

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Thou shalt not steal.

And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.

And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.

Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

Neither shalt thou steal.

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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.

And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death.

Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him.

And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.

Then shall an oath of the Lord be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour’s goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.

Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living.

If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.

And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.