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שָׁפַט H8199

shâphaṭ — [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rul.... Appears in 182 verses. Full definition →
2 Chronicles 6:23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness. 2 Chronicles 19:5 And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, 2 Chronicles 19:6 And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. 2 Chronicles 20:12 O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 2 Chronicles 22:8 And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. 2 Chronicles 26:21 And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king' s house, judging the people of the land. Ezra 10:14 Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. Job 9:15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. Job 9:24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? Job 12:17 He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. Job 21:22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. Job 22:13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? Job 23:7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered forever from my judge. Psalms 2:10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Psalms 7:8 The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. Psalms 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. Psalms 9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. Psalms 9:8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. Psalms 9:19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. Psalms 10:18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. Psalms 26:1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. Psalms 35:24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. Psalms 37:33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. Psalms 43:1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. Psalms 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

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