Scriptures for Court
Finding God's Peace while Standing Before a Judge
As you read these scriptures for court below, spend some time thinking about how God is deeply concerned for you. Your legal situation is very important to God and He wants nothing more then truth and justice to be the final outcome.
Scriptures for Court
O God who declares me innocent. Take away my distress. Have mercy on me and hear my prayer (Psalm 4:1 NLT).
Lord, You know the hopes of the helpless. Surely You will listen to their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so people can no longer terrify them (Psalm 10:17-18 NLT).
I trust in the Lord for protection (Psalm 11:1 NLT).
O Lord, hear my plea for justice, listen to my cry for help. Pay attention to my prayer, for it comes from an honest heart. Declare me innocent, for you know those who do right (Psalm 17:1-2 NLT).
Wake up! Rise to my defense! Take up my case, my God and my Lord. Declare me “not guilty,” O Lord my God, for you give justice (Psalm 35:23-24 NLT).
O God, take up my cause! Defend me against these ungodly people. Rescue me from these unjust liars (Psalm 43:1 NLT).
You will restore me to even greater honor and comfort me once again (Psalm 71:21 NLT).
The Lord gives righteousness and justice to all who are treated unfairly (Psalm 103:6 NLT).
The humble will be filled with fresh joy from the Lord. Those who are poor will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. Those who intimidate and harass will be gone, and all those who plot evil will be killed. Those who make the innocent guilty by their false testimony will disappear. And those how use trickery to pervert justice and tell lies to tear down the innocent will be no more (Isaiah 29:19-21 NLT).
He will bring full justice to all who have been wronged. He will not stop until truth and righteousness prevail… (Isaiah 42:3-4 NLT).
I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness – secret riches (Isaiah 45:3).
For I will fight those who fight you, and I will save your children (Isaiah 49:25b).
And everyone who tells lies in court will be brought to justice. These benefits are enjoyed of the Lord; their vindication will come from Me. I, the Lord, have spoken! (Isaiah 54:17 NLT).
For I, the Lord, love justice. I hate robbery and wrongdoing. I will faithfully reward my people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them (Isaiah 61:8 NLT).
I will give you back your health and heal your wounds, says the Lord (Jeremiah 30:17 NLT).
Lord, You are my lawyer! Plead my case! For you have redeemed my life. You have seen the wrong they have done, Lord. Be my judge, and prove me right (Lamentations 3:58-59 NLT).
…He never lets the guilty go unpunished (Nahum 1:3b NLT).
More Scriptures for Court
Pray over the judge, jury, attorneys, defendant, respondent:
And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him – the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. He will delight in obeying the Lord (Isaiah 11:2-3b NLT)
**Don't forget to take a copy of the scriptures for court with you every time you go to court. They will give you peace of mind each time you read them.
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