33 Bible Verses about Injustice

How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene!

But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident -- who carry their god in their hands.

"Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning."

During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds.

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan.

You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous.

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death.

At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.

for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon."

But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

Joseph's master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

You say, "When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We're eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!

The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy.

Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.

When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes.

Because of this the earth will quake, and all who live in it will mourn. The whole earth will rise like the River Nile, it will surge upward and then grow calm, like the Nile in Egypt.

Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court, for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them.

The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich -- both end up only in poverty.

"You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits.

He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)

I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.

For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.

They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord.

They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

"That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.

Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

"'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume.

Diverse weights and diverse measures -- the Lord abhors both of them.

The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent -- both of them are an abomination to the Lord.

Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them," says the Lord.

"That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit.

to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High, to defraud a person in a lawsuit -- the Lord does not approve of such things!

The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!" In reply all the people said, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!" Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified.

If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them!

"You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. "You must not afflict any widow or orphan.

An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

Joseph's master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison.

But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice.

"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me, then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him?

But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well.

For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly? No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth.

saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!"

Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the Lord's majesty revealed.

"You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice,

After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix, and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.

"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

"The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife. For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.