What does the Bible say about lawyers?

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• Proverbs 31:8-9

  [8] Open your mouth for the mute, In the cause of all who are left desolate. [9] Open your mouth, judge righteously, And serve justice to the poor and needy."

• Luke 11:45-52

  [45] One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also." [46] He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens. [47] Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. [48] So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs. [49] Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute, [50] that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; [51] from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation. [52] Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn't enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered."

• Isaiah 59:4

  None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

• John 8:32

  You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

• Luke 10:25-37

  [25] Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" [26] He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?" [27] He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." [28] He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live." [29] But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?" [30] Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. [31] By chance a certain priest was going down that way. When he saw him, he passed by on the other side. [32] In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side. [33] But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion, [34] came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. [35] On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.' [36] Now which of these three do you think seemed to be a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers?" [37] He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

• Proverbs 17:15

  He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

• Exodus 23:6

  "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

• Galatians 5:14

  For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

• 1 Peter 4:1-6

  [1] Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; [2] that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. [3] For we have spent enough of our past time doing the desire of the Gentiles, and having walked in lewdness, lusts, drunken binges, orgies, carousings, and abominable idolatries. [4] They think it is strange that you don't run with them into the same excess of riot, blaspheming: [5] who will give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. [6] For to this end was the Gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.

• Proverbs 14:25

  A truthful witness saves souls, But a false witness is deceitful.