Social Injustice

They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.

And God spake all these words, saying, — read the full passage →

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

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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?

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.

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. — 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.

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.

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

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

And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. — 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 →

Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.

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

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.

You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.

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

For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

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

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

And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. — read the full passage →

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

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

I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. — read the full passage →

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, — read the full passage →

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

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? — read the full passage →

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

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. — read the full passage →

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

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: — read the full passage →

Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. — read the full passage →

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

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

Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

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

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

But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

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.

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

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.

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

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

Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the Lord.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

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 →

I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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

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.

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: — read the full passage →

So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

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 →

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

And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

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 →

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

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

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

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

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

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: — read the full passage →

Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the Lord your God.

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

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

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. — read the full passage →

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.

Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. — read the full passage →

And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. — read the full passage →

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. — read the full passage →

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.

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.

Hear ye now what the Lord saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. — read the full passage →

And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

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?

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? — read the full passage →

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

Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. — read the full passage →

Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. — read the full passage →

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

If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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

Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

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

And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! — read the full passage →

Thus saith the Lord; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, — read the full passage →

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

After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. — read the full passage →

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: — read the full passage →