JUDGES
(See also Committee of Elders [for Addressing Serious Sin]; Courts; Judgment; Trials [Court])
anointed Christians after resurrection: w08 1/15 20-21
judging “the 12 tribes of Israel” (Mt 19:28; Lu 22:30): it-2 1125; w11 9/15 11; w10 3/15 24-25; w08 1/15 30; w87 3/1 27-29
“power of judging was given them” (Re 20:4): re 288-291; pe 175-176
elders: w22.08 30; mwb21.05 8; mwb21.07 6; w19.05 7; od 147-155; it-1 519; w17.11 17; jy 151; jr 138-139, 148; re 50-51; w92 7/1 14-19; gt chapter 63; w89 9/15 17-20; w88 2/15 9; w88 9/15 30; w86 6/1 24
attitude: w96 3/15 23
attitude of congregation toward judgments: w22.02 5-6; re 50-51; w89 9/15 24
avoiding partiality: ip-1 78-79; w89 11/1 5
cases possibly involving slander: w89 10/15 14
consideration for wrongdoer’s years of faithful service: w93 3/15 13
consulting experienced elders: w91 10/15 19
example of Jehovah: w92 7/1 9-10, 13
example of Jesus: w92 7/1 14
example of Moses: w92 7/1 12-13
‘judges and counselors’ (Isa 1:26, 27): ip-1 33-34
learning all the facts: w92 7/1 11
mercy: w93 3/15 13
‘not going beyond what is written’ (1Co 4:6): w89 11/1 30
propriety: it-2 225
reasonableness: w94 8/1 16-17
self-control: w91 11/15 21
treatment of accused: cl 164; w09 9/15 16-17; w98 8/1 15-17; w92 7/1 17-19
illustration of widow and judge (Lu 18): it-1 1182; it-2 1149; jy 220; w14 4/1 7; w06 12/15 25-29; gt chapter 94; w89 3/1 29; w89 7/1 8
Jehovah: w22.06 4; it-1 516-517; re 296; w92 7/1 8-10; w89 2/15 11-12; w86 6/1 17, 21
condemnatory judgments not cruel: w13 5/1 5-6; w95 4/15 22
judges servants individually: rr 122, 124; w94 9/1 12
‘sits on throne’ to judge: w95 10/15 19-20
Jesus Christ: w10 12/15 18-19; re 296-297; w95 10/15 21; w89 2/15 10-15; pe 175
during Millennium: bh 213-215; w95 10/15 21
inspection of professed Christians (1914-1919): w13 7/15 11-12; w10 9/15 25-26; w07 12/15 27-28; jd 179-182; re 31-32; w95 10/15 22
judges sheep and goats (Mt 25): ijwbq article 115; w24.09 20-21, 24; w15 7/15 17-18; jy 264-265; kr 226, 228; w13 7/15 6-7; w10 9/15 28-29; w99 5/1 13; w98 8/15 20; w95 10/15 22-28; gt chapter 111; w90 5/15 8-9; w89 2/15 13-14; w89 5/1 19; w87 3/1 29
manifestation as judge: it-2 309, 312
righteousness: it-2 71
judges and saviors of Israel: it-1 743, 1230; it-2 134-135, 873; bm 11; my stories 52-55; gl 14-15; si 46-50
chart: it-2 134
chronology: it-1 461-462
conflicts with Philistines: it-2 632
Jehovah’s regret during period of: w10 2/1 21
Jehovah’s sovereignty during period of: it-2 162-163
maps: it-1 743; nwt 1775; w05 1/15 25; gl 15
number: it-2 134; si 46; w86 6/1 31
warfare: it-1 173
judges and saviors of Israel by name:
Barak: w23.07 19; it-1 255, 1037; it-2 176; w17.04 29-31; lfb 80-81; w15 8/1 13-14; w12 2/15 12; my story 50; w03 11/15 28-31; gl 14; w90 5/1 16-17; si 48; w86 2/15 21; ws 18
Ehud: mwb21.11 6; it-1 686, 700; it-2 420; w04 3/15 29-31; w97 3/15 29-31; si 48
Gideon: ijwis article 13; w23.06 2-7; mwb21.11 10, 12; it-1 736, 753, 932-934; it-2 38-39, 397; w17.01 20-21; lfb 84-85; w05 7/15 14-16; my story 52; gl 14; w00 8/1 16-18; w97 10/1 31; si 48; w88 4/1 30
Ibzan: it-1 1166; si 49
Jair: it-1 1250; si 48
Jephthah: mwb21.11 13; it-2 26-29, 1166; lfb 88-89; w16.04 5-9; w07 5/15 8-10; my story 53; gl 14; si 48-49
Samson: ijwis article 14; w23.09 2-7; it-1 608, 892, 900; it-2 849-850; lfb 92-93; w05 3/15 25-28; my story 54; gl 14; si 49
Tola: it-2 1113; si 48
judges in Israel (other than 12 judges and saviors): it-1 517, 1229; it-2 214-215; w14 9/1 7-9; w92 7/1 12-13
admonished to be straightforward: w89 11/1 5
called “gods” (Ps 82:1): w86 12/15 28
Deborah: it-1 600; w15 8/1 12; w86 6/1 31
Eli: w86 6/1 31
Gamaliel: it-1 887
high priest: it-1 1112-1113
Jehovah judges: ip-1 140-143
kings: it-1 518
law on impartiality: it-1 343, 1193
Moses: it-2 438
older men: it-1 198; w02 8/1 9-10
priests: it-2 685
Samuel: ijwis article 15; my story 55; w86 6/1 31
Samuel’s sons: w86 6/1 31
Sanhedrin: bt 39; it-1 518-519, 1113; gt chapter 82; w89 7/15 24-25; w88 12/1 9
Judgment Day: it-2 137; bh 213-214; w08 1/15 20-21
patriarchal society: it-1 517; w92 7/1 10-11
justices (Job 31:28): it-2 141
secular:
accept literature: w98 2/15 29; yb95 236
answering judge’s questions on blood transfusion: km 9/92 5-6; km 11/90 6
apologizes to Witness after 45 years: w96 7/1 32
appreciation for Awake! article “Your Medical Freedom—The Courts Speak!”: g86 5/8 26-27
appreciation for book Family Care and Medical Management for Jehovah’s Witnesses: yb99 106-107; g93 11/22 27
blood transfusions for mature minors: w91 6/15 16-18
burglary victims invited to “steal” from thief: g92 9/22 28-29
Catholic judge accepts truth: w12 8/1 11-13
child custody: g97 12/8 4-7, 10-11; g88 10/22 4
comment on ‘seeds of rebellion being grown’: g87 11/22 30
computer assistance: g00 12/8 29
corruption: w89 2/15 3
court orders for blood modified: g93 11/22 26-27
has Witness publications read aloud in court: yb07 26-27
homosexual appointed as judge: g86 3/22 13
impressed by Assembly Hall construction: yb95 24-25
intrigued by witness: w06 12/1 32
Judge Crepeau upholds Witness visits as community service (Quebec): w03 12/1 30-31
Judge Debevoise’ opinion on Jersey City Assembly Hall case (U.S.): yb87 3
Judge Howe convicts Rutherford and associates (1918): jv 651-654
Judge Krever heads inquiry into safety of blood system (Canada): g95 6/8 20-22
Judge Main upholds refusal of blood transfusion (Canada): g87 10/22 17-20
Judge Manton opposes release of Rutherford and associates: re 40; jv 653; w89 4/15 7; w86 8/15 6
Judge Zweifel acquits Witness despite supreme court precedent (Switzerland): yb87 173
Muslim judge releases pioneer: g 9/09 13-14
Nazi judge risks life to spare Witness: yb89 127-128
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., on freedom of speech: g96 7/22 5-6
praises Witnesses for legalizing marriages: jv 467
praises Witness honesty: yb15 156-157
praises Witness wife: w87 5/1 21
respect for, by Witness youths: w93 7/1 21
rules that Witnesses present no danger to the State (Romania, 1935): yb04 86
standing when judge enters court: w90 11/1 25
time of day when judges are more favorable: g 3/12 28
visits by members of Hospital Liaison Committees: w03 7/1 24