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

• Psalms 149:9 to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
• Proverbs 1:3 and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
• Proverbs 2:8 to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
• Proverbs 2:9 Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
• Proverbs 8:20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
• Proverbs 12:5 The plans of the righteous are just, but the counsel of the wicked leads to deceit.
• Proverbs 13:23 Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
• Proverbs 16:8 Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.
• Proverbs 16:10 A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
• Proverbs 16:11 Honest scales and balances are from the LORD; all the weights in the bag are His concern.
• Proverbs 16:33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
• Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
• Proverbs 18:5 Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
• Proverbs 19:28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
• Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
• Proverbs 21:7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
• Proverbs 21:15 Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
• Proverbs 24:23 These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
• Proverbs 28:5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
• Proverbs 29:4 By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
• Proverbs 29:26 Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
• Ecclesiastes 3:16 Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
• Ecclesiastes 8:5 Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
• Ecclesiastes 8:6 For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
• Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
• Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
• Isaiah 1:21 See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
• Isaiah 1:27 Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.
• Isaiah 3:14 The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
• Isaiah 4:4 when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
• Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
• Isaiah 5:16 But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
• Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
• Isaiah 10:2 to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
• Isaiah 16:5 in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
• Isaiah 26:8 Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
• Isaiah 26:9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
• Isaiah 28:6 a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
• Isaiah 28:17 I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
• Isaiah 28:26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
• Isaiah 30:18 Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
• Isaiah 32:1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
• Isaiah 32:7 The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
• Isaiah 32:16 Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
• Isaiah 33:5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
• Isaiah 34:5 When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
• Isaiah 40:14 Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
• Isaiah 40:27 Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
• Isaiah 41:1 “Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
• Isaiah 42:1 “Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
• Isaiah 42:3 A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
• Isaiah 42:4 He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
• Isaiah 49:4 But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
• Isaiah 50:8 The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!
• Isaiah 51:4 Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
• Isaiah 53:8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
• Isaiah 54:17 No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
• Isaiah 56:1 This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.