33 Bible Verses about Injustice

Yahweh, how long will I cry, and you will not hear? I cry out to you "Violence!" and will you not save?

The tents of robbers prosper. Those who provoke God are secure, who carry their God in their hands.

"Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, and grow mighty in power?

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

All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.

You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.

"How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.

A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, 'Where is strong drink?' lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

The two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. The base fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king!" Then they carried him out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.

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

For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."

His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

Saying, 'When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

Forasmuch therefore as you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

Won't the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy in court; for Yahweh will plead their case, and plunder the life of those who plunder them.

Whoever oppresses the poor for his own increase and whoever gives to the rich, both come to poverty.

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

"How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.

Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

In you have they taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says the Lord Yahweh.

They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

"For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.

'Cursed is he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

'Cursed is he who removes his neighbor's landmark.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

"'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.

"'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

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

He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I visit them, they shall be cast down," says Yahweh.

"For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely.

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High, To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it." All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!" Then he released to them Barabbas, but Jesus he flogged and delivered to be crucified.

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.

"You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. "You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

"If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

But I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men? No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."

Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.

Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh's majesty.

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

But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.

"Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise," says Yahweh; "I will set him in safety from those who malign him."

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you have kept back by fraud, cry out, and the cries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Armies.

Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.