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• Genesis 6

  Genesis 6 is the chapter in which, as human wickedness fills the earth, God resolves to judge the world by a flood and commands Noah, who has found grace, to build an ark. The account of Noah's Flood begins here.

• Deuteronomy 16

  Deuteronomy 16 sets out the laws for keeping Israel's three pilgrimage feasts: Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. It also commands the appointment of judges who are to judge justly and forbids setting up Asherah poles or sacred pillars.

• Deuteronomy 17

  Deuteronomy 17 is a chapter of law that prohibits blemished sacrifices, sets out the procedure for trying idolaters along with the principle of two or three witnesses, prescribes how to handle cases too difficult to judge locally, and gives the law that a future king must keep.

• 1 Samuel 7

  1 Samuel 7 recounts how, while the ark of the covenant remains at Kiriath-jearim, Samuel gathers Israel at Mizpah and leads the people in repentance, and how, after the Philistines are defeated, he sets up the Ebenezer stone. The chapter closes with a summary of Samuel's lifelong service as judge over Israel.

• 2 Chronicles 1

  2 Chronicles 1 recounts how Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings before the tabernacle of the congregation at Gibeon and, when God appeared to him by night, asked for wisdom and knowledge to judge the people, receiving in addition a promise of riches and honor. The chapter then describes his chariots and wealth.

• Job 9

  Job 9 is the first part of Job's reply to Bildad's first speech. Job laments that no one can plead his own righteousness before God's overwhelming power, and he protests that there is no one to judge between them.

• Psalm 7

  Psalm 7 is a lament attributed to David in which the pursued psalmist declares his innocence before God in the manner of an oath, asks God, the righteous Judge, to render judgment, and vows to give praise.

• Psalm 10

  Psalm 10 is a lament over the reality that the wicked oppress the poor and powerless while God seems far away, and a plea for God to arise and judge on behalf of the fatherless and the oppressed.

• Psalm 9

  Psalm 9 is a song of thanksgiving and petition traditionally attributed to David. It praises the LORD, who judges righteously, as a refuge for the oppressed and asks Him to judge the nations.

• Psalm 26

  Psalm 26 is a twelve-verse prayer bearing the superscription "A Psalm of David." The psalmist declares his integrity, asks God to examine and judge him, and pleads not to perish together with the wicked.

• Psalm 58

  Psalm 58 is a Michtam of David, an eleven-verse psalm of lament that rebukes those who judge unjustly, asks God to break the power of the wicked, and confesses that there is a God who judges in the earth.

• Psalm 96

  Psalm 96 is a hymn of praise that calls all the earth and all peoples to sing a new song to the LORD. It proclaims that the LORD reigns as King and is coming to judge the world with righteousness and truth.

• Isaiah 3

  Isaiah 3 is a prophecy declaring that God will remove the leaders and provisions on which Judah and Jerusalem relied, and that He will judge both the elders and princes who exploited the poor and the daughters of Zion who adorned themselves in pride.

• Luke 6

  Luke 6 records two Sabbath controversies and the choosing of the twelve apostles, followed by the so-called Sermon on the Plain, which consists of blessings and woes, love for enemies, the command not to judge, and the parable of the house built on a rock.

• Romans 14

  Romans 14 is addressed to believers in the church at Rome who were divided over food and the observance of days. It urges them not to judge one another and to act in love for the sake of the weaker brother. The chapter contains 23 verses.

• 2 Thessalonians 1

  Second Thessalonians 1 records the thanksgiving of Paul and his companions for the Thessalonian church, whose faith and love are growing in the midst of persecution. The chapter teaches that when the Lord Jesus is revealed, God will judge justly and grant rest to the saints, and it includes a prayer on the believers' behalf.

• Generational Curse Theory

  Generational curse theory is the teaching that curses are passed down to descendants because of their ancestors' sins or idolatry and must therefore be broken through prayer. Several Korean denominations have judged it unbiblical.

• 1 Samuel

  First Samuel is one of the historical books of the Old Testament. It records the transition from the period of the judges to the establishment of the monarchy in Israel, centering on three figures: Samuel, Saul, and David.

• Abortion and the Church

  Abortion and the Church refers to the debate, both within and outside the church, over how abortion (induced termination of pregnancy) should be judged from the standpoint of faith. The central issues are whether priority should be given to the life of the unborn child or to the decision of the pregnant woman, and how the state should address the matter in law.

• Revelation 20:7–15

  A vision in which Satan, released after the thousand years are completed, gathers Gog and Magog for a final battle and is destroyed, after which the dead are judged before a great white throne. The passage is a key text for interpreting the millennium and for the doctrines of the Last Judgment and hell.