Justice

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?

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

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

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

For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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

I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

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

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.

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.

Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: — read the full passage →

For the Lord loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. — read the full passage →

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.

Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

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

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.

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

It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.

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

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

Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face.

A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

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

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; — read the full passage →

For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. — read the full passage →

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.

Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the Lord God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.

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.

Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

Good and upright is the Lord: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. — read the full passage →

A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. — read the full passage →

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

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.

Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. — read the full passage →

The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: — read the full passage →

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

And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. — read the full passage →

The Lord executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; — read the full passage →

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.

Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. — read the full passage →

Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.

For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

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

The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. — read the full passage →

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; — read the full passage →

Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.

I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

Blessed be the Lord thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the Lord thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

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

Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.

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

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: — read the full passage →

For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

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

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 →

So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.