מִשְׁפָּט

Same idea, other words · Righteousness and justice

The same word family carries both 'righteous' and 'just'. English splits them; the Bible often does not.

• צֶ֫דֶקtsedeq righteousnessrighteousness, what is rightH6664
• צְדָקָהtsedaqah righteousnessrighteousness as a lived quality or a giftH6666
• מִשְׁפָּטmishpat justice: judgementjustice, judgment, the right orderH4941
• δικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē righteousnessrighteousness, the standing and the conductG1343
• δίκαιοςdikaios justrighteous, justG1342
• δικαιόωdikaioō to justifyto declare righteous, to justifyG1344

Where it appears

• Genesis3
• Exodus11
• Leviticus14
• Numbers19
• Deuteronomy37
• Joshua3
• Judges3
• 1 Samuel7
• 2 Samuel5
• 1 Kings18
• 2 Kings11
• 1 Chronicles9
• 2 Chronicles13
• Ezra2
• Nehemiah5
• Job23
• Psalms65
• Proverbs20
• Ecclesiastes6
• Isaiah42
• Jeremiah32
• Lamentations2
• Ezekiel43
• Daniel1
• Hosea6
• Amos4
• Micah5
• Habakkuk4
• Zephaniah4
• Zechariah2
• Malachi3

Every use · 1–50 of 422 · BSB

1. Genesis 18:19וּמִשְׁפָּ֑טand justice

   For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

2. Genesis 18:25מִשְׁפָּֽטjustice

   Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

3. Genesis 40:13כַּמִּשְׁפָּט֙according to the custom

   Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

4. Exodus 15:25וּמִשְׁפָּ֖טand a custom

   And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,

5. Exodus 21:1הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים[are] the judgments

   “These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:

6. Exodus 21:9כְּמִשְׁפַּ֥טaccording to [the] custom of

   And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.

7. Exodus 21:31כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥טaccording to the judgment

   If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.

8. Exodus 23:6מִשְׁפַּ֥ט[the] justice of

   You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

9. Exodus 24:3הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםthe judgments

   When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”

10. Exodus 26:30כְּמִ֨שְׁפָּט֔וֹaccording to plan its

    So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.

11. Exodus 28:15מִשְׁפָּט֙judgment

    You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.

12. Exodus 28:29הַמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט<the> judgment

    Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.

13. Exodus 28:30הַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט<the> judgment

    And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.

14. Exodus 28:30מִשְׁפַּ֨ט[the] judgment of

    And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.

15. Leviticus 5:10כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑טaccording to the ordinance

    And the priest must prepare the second bird as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.

16. Leviticus 9:16כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽטaccording to the ordinance

    He presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance.

17. Leviticus 18:4מִשְׁפָּטַ֧יjudgments my

    You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.

18. Leviticus 18:5מִשְׁפָּטַ֔יjudgments my

    Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

19. Leviticus 18:26מִשְׁפָּטַ֔יjudgments my

    But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

20. Leviticus 19:15בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֔טin <the> judgment

    You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

21. Leviticus 19:35בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑טin <the> judgment

    You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

22. Leviticus 19:37מִשְׁפָּטַ֔יjudgments my

    You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”

23. Leviticus 20:22מִשְׁפָּטַ֔יjudgments my

    You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

24. Leviticus 24:22מִשְׁפַּ֤טjudgment

    You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

25. Leviticus 25:18מִשְׁפָּטַ֥יjudgments my

    You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.

26. Leviticus 26:15מִשְׁפָּטַ֖יjudgments my

    and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,

27. Leviticus 26:43בְּמִשְׁפָּטַ֣י<in> judgments my

    For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.

28. Leviticus 26:46וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮and the judgments

    These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.

29. Numbers 9:3מִשְׁפָּטָ֖יוjudgments its

    You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”

30. Numbers 9:14וּכְמִשְׁפָּט֖וֹand according to judgment its

    If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”

31. Numbers 15:16וּמִשְׁפָּ֥טand judgment

    The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”

32. Numbers 15:24כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑טaccording to the ordinance

    and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.

33. Numbers 27:5מִשְׁפָּטָ֖ןcase their

    So Moses brought their case before the LORD,

34. Numbers 27:11מִשְׁפָּ֔טjudgment

    And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”

35. Numbers 27:21בְּמִשְׁפַּ֥טby [the] judgment of

    He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”

36. Numbers 29:6כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑םaccording to ordinance their

    These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

37. Numbers 29:18כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽטaccording to the ordinance

    along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

38. Numbers 29:21כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽטaccording to the ordinance

    along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

39. Numbers 29:24כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽטaccording to the ordinance

    along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

40. Numbers 29:27כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽטaccording to the ordinance

    along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

41. Numbers 29:30כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽטaccording to the ordinance

    along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

42. Numbers 29:33כְּמִשְׁפָּטָֽםaccording to ordinance their

    along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

43. Numbers 29:37כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽטaccording to the ordinance

    along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.

44. Numbers 35:12לַמִּשְׁפָּֽטfor <the> judgment

    You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.

45. Numbers 35:24הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖יםthe judgments

    then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

46. Numbers 35:29מִשְׁפָּ֖טjudgment

    This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.

47. Numbers 36:13וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗יםand the judgments

    These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.

48. Deuteronomy 1:17בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֗טin <the> judgment

    Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”

49. Deuteronomy 1:17הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖טthe judgment

    Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”

50. Deuteronomy 4:1הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםthe judgments

    Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.