On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.(Acts 22:30)

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.(Acts 23:1)

And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.(Acts 23:2)

Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?(Acts 23:4)

Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.(Acts 23:5)

But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.(Acts 23:6)

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Acts 23:3 - Cross Reference

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. (Leviticus 19:35)

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. (Ecclesiastes 3:16)

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. (Deuteronomy 25:1)

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? (Psalm 58:1)

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. (Leviticus 19:15)

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? (John 7:51)

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. (Matthew 23:27)

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. (Psalm 82:1)

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? (Psalm 94:20)

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, (Amos 5:7)

But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. (Micah 3:8)

Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. (John 18:24)