Injustice

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. — read the full passage →

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. — read the full passage →

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: — read the full passage →

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. — read the full passage →

The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; — read the full passage →

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: — read the full passage →

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. — read the full passage →

Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, — read the full passage →

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; — read the full passage →

The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.

He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.

Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, — read the full passage →

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. — read the full passage →

Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? — read the full passage →

And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? — read the full passage →

And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.

Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. — read the full passage →

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, — read the full passage →

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. — read the full passage →

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: — read the full passage →

Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.

For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. — read the full passage →

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:

The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, — read the full passage →

Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?

And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. — read the full passage →

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

Divers weights are an abomination unto the Lord; and a false balance is not good.

For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. — read the full passage →

Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. — read the full passage →

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? — read the full passage →

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? — read the full passage →

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. — read the full passage →

If any man have an ear, let him hear. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake. — read the full passage →