33 Bible Verses about Injustice

How long, O Jehovah (YHWH), will I call for help and you do not hear? I cry out to you, save me from violence! And yet you do not save.

The tents of marauders prosper and those who provoke God are secure in what God's hand brings them.

Why do the wicked live on, reach old age, and become mighty in power?

I have been plagued all day long, and chastened every morning.

I have seen all things in the days of my vanity. There is a just man who perished in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolonged his life in his wickedness.

Do not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan. Do not take a widow's garment in pledge.

Never pervert justice. Always be impartial. Never take a bribe, because bribes blind wise people and deny justice to those who are in the right.

How long are you going to judge unjustly? How long are you going to show partiality to the wicked?

An unjust man is an abomination (disgusting) to the righteous. He who is upright in the way is an abomination (detestable) to the wicked.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to desire strong drink. They will drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

The two good-for-nothing persons came in and took their seats before him and gave witness against Naboth, in front of the people. They said: Naboth has been cursing God and the king. Then they took him outside the town and had him stoned to death.

The high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

I was in fact kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews. And here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the dungeon.

The sons did not follow their father's example but turned to dishonest ways of making money. They took bribes and denied people justice.

and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept. While Joseph was in prison,

You say: When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit.

He who becomes wealthy through unfair loans and interest collects them for the one who pitys the poor.

You impose unfair rent on the poor and defraud a tribute of grain from them. You haave built houses of hewn stone yet you will not live in them. You planted pleasant vineyards, but you will not drink the wine from them.

When a wicked man dies his expectation perishes, indeed the hope of unjust men perishes.

Will the land not tremble for this, and every one who dwells there mourn? I will rise up like the river. It will be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

Do not rob the poor because he is poor, or crush the afflicted at the gate. Jehovah will plead their cause and take the life of those who rob them.

He who gets ahead by oppressing the poor and giving to the rich will certainly suffer loss.

Do not deny justice to a poor person at his trial.

How long are you going to judge unjustly? How long are you going to show partiality to the wicked?

I saw under the sun the place of judgment and wickedness was there. And wickedness was in the place of righteousness.

The law is paralyzed and justice is never delivered. The wicked surround the righteous and deliver perverted justice.

Some of your people murder for pay. Some charge interest on the loans they make to other Israelites and get rich by taking advantage of them. They have forgotten me. The Lord Jehovah has spoken.

They covet fields and seize them. They covet houses and confiscate them! They oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

From the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for gain! From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely!

Cursed is he who withholds justice due an alien, orphan, and widow. The people all say: Amen.

Cursed is he who moves his neighbor's boundary mark. All the people will say: Amen.

Do no injustice in judgment. Do not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great. Judge your neighbor fairly.

Do not be corrupt when administering justice concerning length, weight, or measuring liquid.

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

Justify the wicked or condemn the just. Both are abomination to Jehovah.

Are they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They are not even ashamed! Not at all! They do not even know how to blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I punish them, they will be cast down, says Jehovah.

From the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is greedy for gain! From the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely!

He turns away the judgment of a man before the face of the Most High. Jehovah would not seek to deprive a man of justice.

It is already a defeat for you that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not let yourself be wronged? Why not let your selves be defrauded (cheated)?

Pilate saw that he could do nothing. The people were ready to cause much trouble. He took water and washed his hands in front of the people. He said: The blood of this man is not on my hands. You are responsible. The people answered: Let his blood be on us, and on our children. He set Barabbas free. He had Jesus whipped. Then he commanded that he be put to death on the stake.

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the country, do not be shocked at the sight. One official watches over another official and there are higher officials over them.

Do not mistreat or oppress a foreigner. Remember that you were foreigners in Egypt. Do not mistreat any widow or orphan.

An unjust man is an abomination (disgusting) to the righteous. He who is upright in the way is an abomination (detestable) to the wicked.

They will drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.

and threw Joseph in the same prison where the king's prisoners were kept. While Joseph was in prison,

The sons did not follow their father's example but turned to dishonest ways of making money. They took bribes and denied people justice.

If I have rejected the cause of my male or female slaves, when they brought a complaint against me what then shall I do when God rises up? When he makes inquiry, what shall I answer him?

But I tell you, do not resist a wicked person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to that person.

([Psalm of David]) Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones (O you God-like ones)? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men? No, in your heart you plot unrighteousness. You measure out the violence of your hands on the earth.

He said: I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to you.

Justice is turned back, and righteousness stands far away. Truth has fallen in the street, and honesty cannot come in.

Grace (favor) is shown to the wicked, but they do not learn righteousness. In a land of uprightness they go on doing evil and do not regard the majesty of Jehovah.

Do not follow the majority to do wrong. Do not give testimony that perverts justice.

After two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix. Felix was willing to show the Jews a favor. He left Paul in prison.

Because oppressed people are robbed and needy people groan, I will now arise, says Jehovah. I will provide safety for those who long for it.

Whoever is faithful in little things will be faithful in large ones. Whoever is unrighteous in small things will be unrighteous in large ones.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields, which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of Jehovah of Hosts.

Why do you make me see wickedness and immorality? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife exists and contention arises. The law is paralyzed and justice is never delivered. The wicked surround the righteous and deliver perverted justice.