Alone Altogether Follow Gives Giveth Giving Guide Hast Heritage Inherit Justice Livest Mayest Perfect Possess Possessed Pursue Righteousness
16:20 That which {k} is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
(k) The magistrate must constantly follow the tenor of the law, and in noting decline from justice.
16:20 That which is altogether just - Heb. righteousness, righteousness, that is, nothing but righteousness in all causes and times, and to all persons equally.
16:18-22 Care is taken for the due administration of justice. All personal regards must be laid aside, so that right is done to all, and wrong to none. Care is taken to prevent following the idolatrous customs of the heathen. Nothing belies God more, or tends more to corrupt the minds of men, than representing and worshipping, by an image, that God, who is an almighty and eternal Spirit, present every where. Alas! even in gospel days, and under a better dispensation, established upon better promises, there is a tendency to set up idols, under one form or another, in the human heart.
Alone Altogether Heritage Inherit Justice Live Mayest Possess Possessed Pursue Righteousness
Alone Altogether Heritage Inherit Justice Live Mayest Possess Possessed Pursue Righteousness