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A charge brought against a person in a legal, ecclesiastical or spiritual context.

In legal affairs in general

In the OT legal systems

Deuteronomy 19:15-21 See also Deuteronomy 17:2-7; 1 Kings 21:8-13; Ezra 4:6; Nehemiah 5:6-7; Daniel 6:4-5

In the NT legal systems

Acts 19:38-41 See also Acts 7:1; Acts 18:12-13; Acts 23:23-30; Acts 24:1-9; Acts 25:1-2; Acts 28:19

In God's covenant dealings with his people

Micah 6:1-2 See also Jeremiah 2:5-9; Hosea 4:1-3; Hosea 11:12-12:6

In the earthly experience of Jesus Christ

John 19:6 See also Matthew 27:12-14,37 pp Mark 15:26 pp Luke 23:38 pp John 19:19-22; Luke 23:4; John 18:29; John 19:4

In the experience of God's people

In the context of justification

Romans 8:33 See also Isaiah 50:8-9; Colossians 1:22

In their standing in the eyes of the world

Ephesians 5:3-4 See also Matthew 5:16; 1 Thessalonians 3:13

In the conduct of church affairs

Christian involvement in litigation

Matthew 5:25-26 pp Luke 12:58-59 See also 1 Corinthians 6:1-8

In the qualification for church leaders

1 Timothy 3:2 See also Titus 1:6

In church disputes

1 Timothy 5:19 See also Matthew 18:15-20

In the character and activity of Satan

Zechariah 3:1-2 See also Job 1:9-11; Psalm 109:6; Revelation 12:9-10

See also

1345  covenant
4120  Satan
5270  court
5383  lawsuits
5401  madness
5472  proof, evidence
5623  witnesses, legal
5625  witnesses, false
6676  justification
7733  leaders
7772  prophets