מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ

Meaning

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

In the King James Version: [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.

Derivation: from H8199 (שָׁפַט);

Where it is used

• 2 Kings 17:33 They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
• 2 Kings 17:34 To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
• 2 Kings 17:37 And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
• 2 Kings 17:40 But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
• 2 Kings 25:6 The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
• 1 Chronicles 6:32 They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
• 1 Chronicles 15:13 It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
• 1 Chronicles 16:12 Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
• 1 Chronicles 16:14 He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
• 1 Chronicles 18:14 Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
• 1 Chronicles 22:13 Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
• 1 Chronicles 23:31 Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
• 1 Chronicles 24:19 This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
• 1 Chronicles 28:7 I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
• 2 Chronicles 4:7 He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
• 2 Chronicles 4:20 the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
• 2 Chronicles 6:35 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
• 2 Chronicles 6:39 then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
• 2 Chronicles 7:17 And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
• 2 Chronicles 8:14 In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
• 2 Chronicles 9:8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
• 2 Chronicles 19:6 Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.
• 2 Chronicles 19:8 Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
• 2 Chronicles 19:10 For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
• 2 Chronicles 30:16 They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests splattered the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
• 2 Chronicles 33:8 I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
• 2 Chronicles 35:13 They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.
• Ezra 3:4 They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
• Ezra 7:10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
• Nehemiah 1:7 We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
• Nehemiah 8:18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
• Nehemiah 9:13 You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
• Nehemiah 9:29 You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
• Nehemiah 10:29 hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
• Job 8:3 Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
• Job 9:19 If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
• Job 9:32 For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
• Job 13:18 See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
• Job 14:3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
• Job 19:7 Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
• Job 22:4 Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
• Job 23:4 I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
• Job 27:2 “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
• Job 29:14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
• Job 31:13 If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
• Job 32:9 It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
• Job 34:4 Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
• Job 34:5 For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
• Job 34:6 Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
• Job 34:12 Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
• Job 34:17 Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
• Job 34:23 For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
• Job 35:2 “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
• Job 36:6 He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
• Job 36:17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
• Job 37:23 The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
• Job 40:8 Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
• Psalms 1:5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
• Psalms 7:6 Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
• Psalms 9:4 For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.