Injustice

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

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Thus says Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place. — read the full passage →

Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate. — read the full passage →

“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

“But as for me, I would seek God. I would commit my cause to God, — read the full passage →

“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, — read the full passage →

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. — read the full passage →

Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame.

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

Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; — read the full passage →

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.

Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty.

Don’t exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don’t crush the needy in court; — read the full passage →

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there. — read the full passage →

“Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to release the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke?

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

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

A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write oppressive decrees; — read the full passage →

The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren’t concerned about knowledge.

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;

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

He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.

that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

Don’t be deceived. God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.

Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it. — read the full passage →

‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward.

I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says Yahweh of Armies.

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them, they shall be cast down,” says Yahweh.

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? — read the full passage →

He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? — read the full passage →

Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for am I in the place of God? — read the full passage →

Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.

A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn’t go out of deceitful lips. — read the full passage →

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

“Cry aloud, don’t spare, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins. — read the full passage →

You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. — read the full passage →

When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Jesus entered into the temple of God, and drove out all of those who sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the money changers’ tables and the seats of those who sold the doves. — read the full passage →

who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

“You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment;

Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment. — read the full passage →

“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother. — read the full passage →

Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor’s service without wages, and doesn’t give him his hire;

“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you. — read the full passage →

“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion, and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of it, saying: — read the full passage →

‘Cursed is he who removes his neighbor’s landmark.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”

Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

for whom Yahweh loves, he reproves; even as a father reproves the son in whom he delights. — read the full passage →

before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth. — read the full passage →

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days? — read the full passage →

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents. — read the full passage →

If anyone has an ear, let him hear. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.

Alexander, the coppersmith, did much evil to me. The Lord will repay him according to his works,

Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you, — read the full passage →

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake. — read the full passage →