Judges
Charismatic leaders raised up by God to deliver Israel from oppression during the period between Joshua and the monarchy (c. 1380-1050 BC). The book of Judges records a recurring cycle: Israel sins, God sends oppressors, Israel cries out, God raises a judge to deliver them. Notable judges include Othniel (3:9-11), Deborah (4-5), Gideon (6-8), Jephthah (11-12), and Samson (13-16). These leaders were empowered by the Spirit of the Lord (Judges 3:10, 6:34, 14:6) but were flawed instruments of divine deliverance. Their stories illustrate both God's mercy and humanity's persistent tendency toward idolatry.
Verses about Judges
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ปฐมกาล 15:14
And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
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ปฐมกาล 16:5
And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her…
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ปฐมกาล 18:25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far fro…
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ปฐมกาล 19:9
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, t…
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ปฐมกาล 30:6
And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan.
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ปฐมกาล 31:37
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 …
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ปฐมกาล 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
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ปฐมกาล 49:16
Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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อพยพ 2:14
And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely…
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อพยพ 5:21
And they said unto them, The Lord look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of…
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อพยพ 18:13
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
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อพยพ 18:16
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.
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อพยพ 18:22
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall …
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อพยพ 18:26
And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
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อพยพ 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear throug…
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อพยพ 21:22
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 …
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อพยพ 22:8
If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbour’s go…
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อพยพ 22:9
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 h…
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เลวีนิติ 19:15
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 …
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กันดารวิถี 25:5
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.