Bible Verses About Lawyers
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These are the Bible verses most often cited for lawyers, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 1,020 votes, led by Proverbs 31:8-9. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Lawyers
Proverbs 31:8-9133 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Luke 11:45-52112 votes
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
Isaiah 59:4105 votes
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
John 8:3254 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Luke 10:25-3746 votes
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Proverbs 17:1538 votes
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Exodus 23:637 votes
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Romans 13:8-1034 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
1 Peter 4:1-634 votes
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
Proverbs 14:2533 votes
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Galatians 5:1433 votes
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
1 John 4:126 votes
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Leviticus 19:1525 votes
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 shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Matthew 7:1225 votes
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Proverbs 24:1124 votes
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Matthew 22:3519 votes
Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,
Acts 5:3418 votes
Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
Jude 1:1618 votes
These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage.
Exodus 23:316 votes
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Hebrews 7:716 votes
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
Proverbs 6:16-1915 votes
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Matthew 5:1714 votes
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
1 John 5:2014 votes
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Leviticus 22:3112 votes
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.
Deuteronomy 11:26-2812 votes
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
What does the Bible say about lawyers?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 31:8-9 on the subject of lawyers. Across 1,020 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Luke 11:45-52, Isaiah 59:4, John 8:32. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.