Justice

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?

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

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

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

“For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

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

“‘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.

The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous”; peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him— — read the full passage →

For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

Depart from evil, and do good. Live securely forever. — read the full passage →

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.

We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

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

You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.

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

To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

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

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

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.

It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.

But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

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

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.

For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor; — read the full passage →

for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this: — read the full passage →

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and justice for the needy.

Thus says Yahweh, “Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Don’t judge, and you won’t be judged. Don’t condemn, and you won’t be condemned. Set free, and you will be set free.

Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.

For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me,” says the Lord, “I will repay.” Again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

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.

Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.

Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.

Good and upright is Yahweh, therefore he will instruct sinners in the way. — read the full passage →

Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

“Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go out from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples. — read the full passage →

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

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”

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.

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

“For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. — read the full passage →

The King’s strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’ — read the full passage →

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

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him. — read the full passage →

Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.

He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.

Hear, you mountains, Yahweh’s controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound; — read the full passage →

Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.”

Absalom said moreover, “Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!”

God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods. — read the full passage →

Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”

The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.

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

The king’s heart is in Yahweh’s hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires. — read the full passage →

My son, if you will receive my words, and store up my commandments within you; — read the full passage →

Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.

Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.

I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.”

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

Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man’s justice comes from Yahweh.

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

so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”

He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Thus says Yahweh, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches; — read the full passage →

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

neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.

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

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 →

David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness to all his people.