Lexicon :: Strong's G1252 - diakrinō

“Whenever they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I make a decision between one man and another. I teach them God’s statutes and laws.”

They put him in custody until the LORD’s decision could be made clear to them.

He said this about Judah:

LORD, hear Judah’s cry and bring him to his people.

He fights for his cause[fn] with his own hands,

but may you be a help against his foes.

“So give your servant a receptive heart to judge your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of yours? ”

From the Izrahites: Chenaniah and his sons had duties outside the temple[fn] as officers and judges over Israel.

How then can I answer him

or choose my arguments against him?

Doesn’t the ear test words

as the palate tastes food?

Your iniquity teaches you what to say,

and you choose the language of the crafty.

Can anyone teach God knowledge,

since he judges the exalted ones?[fn]

Yet he knows the way I have taken;[fn]

when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.

On high, he summons heaven and earth

in order to judge his people:

God stands in the divine assembly;

he pronounces judgment among the gods:[fn]

Speak up, judge righteously,

and defend the cause of the oppressed and needy.

I said to myself, “This happens so that God may test the children of Adam and they may see for themselves that they are like animals.”

Woe is me, my mother,

that you gave birth to me,

a man who incites dispute and conflict

in all the land.

I did not lend or borrow,

yet everyone curses me.

I will lead you into the wilderness of the peoples and enter into judgment with you there face to face.

“ ‘As for you, my flock, the Lord GOD says this: Look, I am going to judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and goats.

“ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says to them: See, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

“In a dispute, they will officiate as judges and decide the case according to my ordinances. They are to observe my laws and statutes regarding all my appointed festivals, and keep my Sabbaths holy.

I will gather all the nations

and take them to the Valley of Jehoshaphat.[fn]

I will enter into judgment with them there

because of my people, my inheritance Israel.

The nations have scattered the Israelites

in foreign countries

and divided up my land.

Let the nations be roused

and come to the Valley of Jehoshaphat,

for there I will sit down

to judge all the surrounding nations.

“This is what the LORD of Armies says: If you walk in my ways and keep my mandates, you will both rule my house and take care of my courts; I will also grant you access among these who are standing here.