53 Bible Verses about Justice, In Believers' Lives

For when nations, not having the things of the law, by nature do the things of the law, these, not having the law, are law to themselves: Which show the work of the law Written in their hearts, their consciousness testifying together, and between one another thoughts accusing or also excusing;)

Did he not say to me, This my sister? and she also, she said he is my brother: in the uprightness of my heart, and in cleanness of my hands have I done this. And God will say to him in a dream, I knew also that in the uprightness of thy heart thou didst this; and I also will restrain thee from sinning against me: for this I suffered thee not to touch her.

The light of Jehovah is the breath of man, searching all the chambers of the belly.

Hear to me, ye knowing justice, the people my law in their heart; ye shall not fear the reproach of men; and from their reviling ye shall not be dismayed.

And God will speak all these words, saying, I am Jehovah thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants. There shall be no other God to thee to my face.

Hear, Israel; Jehovah our God is one Jehovah. And love thou Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy might

Thou shalt not make to thee a carved image, and every appearance that is in the heavens above, and that is in the earth beneath, and that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not worship to them, and thou shalt not serve them: for I am Jehovah thy God, a jealous God, striking the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and to the fourth, to them hating me; And doing kindness to thousands to them loving me and to them watching my commands.read more.
Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not cleanse him who shall take his name in vain. Remember the day of the Sabbath to consecrate it Six days thou shalt work and do all thy service: And the seventh day the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shall do no service, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy servant, and thy maid, and thy cattle, and thy stranger which is in thy gates. For six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all which is in them, and he will rest in the seventh day: for this Jehovah praised the seventh day and consecrated it. Honor thy father and thy mother, so that thy days shall be prolon upon the land which Jehovah thy gave to thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not testify against thy friend for falsehood. Thou shalt not desire thy friend's house, thou shalt not desire thy friend's wife, and his servant and his maid and his ox and his ass and all which is to thy friend.

I Jehovah thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the house of servants. There shall not be to thee other gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thee a carved thing, any appearance that is in the heavens from above, and which is in the earth underneath, and that is in the waters under the earth:read more.
Thou shalt not worship to them, and thou shalt not serve them; for I Jehovah thy God, a jealous God, striking the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons to the third and the fourth for hating me, And doing mercy to thousands for loving me and for watching my commands. Thou shalt not lift up the name of Jehovah thy God for evil, for Jehovah will not acquit whoever shall lift up his name for evil. Watch the day of the Sabbath to consecrate it, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee. Six days thou shalt work and do all thy work, And the seventh day, the Sabbath to Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy servant, and thy maid, and thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and thy stranger who is in thy gates; so that thy servant and thy maid shall rest like thyself. And remember that thou wert a servant in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God brought thee out from there by a strong hand and by an extended arm: for this, Jehovah thy God commanded thee to do the day of the Sabbath. Honor thy father and thy mother, as Jehovah thy God commanded thee, so that thy days shall be prolonged and so that it shall be good to thee upon the land that Jehovah thy God gave to thee, Thou shalt not kill, and thou shalt not commit adultery, and thou shalt not steal. And thou shalt not speak false testimony against thy friend: and thou shalt not desire thy friend's wife; and thou shalt not long for thy friend's house, his field, and his servant, and his maid, his ox and his ass, and all that is to thy friend.

Happy the blameless of way, they going in the law of Jehovah.

And Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the first and the great command. And the second like it: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.read more.
In these two commands hang the whole law and the prophets.

Think not that I have come to abolish the law, or the prophets: for I have come not abolish, but to complete.

What then shall we say? The law sin? It may not be. But I knew not sin except by the law: for I knew not lust, if the law said not, Thou shalt not eagerly desire.

Love works no evil to the neighbor: love therefore the completion of the law.

And we know the law good, if any use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is laid down not for the just one, but for the lawless and disorderly, for the profane and sinful, for the wicked and unholy, for the patricides and matricides, for manslayers, For fornicators, unchaste, man-stealers, liars, the perjured, and if there be any other thing opposed to sound doctrine;read more.
According to the good news of the glory of the blessed God, with which I was entrusted.

For the justice of God in it is revealed from faith to faith: as has been written, And the just shall live by faith.

Behold, his soul being inflated in him, was not straight: and the just one shall live by his faithfulness.

And he believed in Jehovah; and it shall be reckoned to him justice.

But now without law the justice of God has been made apparent, being testified by the law and by the prophets; And the justice of God by faith of Jesus Christ to all and upon all believing: for there is no distinction: For all have sinned, and failed of the glory of God;read more.
Being justified as a gift by his grace by the redemption which is in Christ Jesus:

But also for us, to whom it is about to be reckoned, to them believing upon him having raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered up for our faults, and raised up for our justification.

Justified therefore of faith we have peace with God by our Lord Jesus Christ:

What then shall we say? That the nations, not following justice, overtook justice, and the justice of faith.

As Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for justice.

And be found in him, not having my justice, that of the law, but that by faith of Christ, the justice from God by faith:

So also faith, if it have not works, is dead by itself.

Then shall the king say to them from his right, Come, the praised of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye brought me in: Naked, and ye put around me: I was sick, and ye reviewed me: I was in prison, and ye came to me.

For we are his work, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.,

Little children, let none deceive you: he doing justice is just, as he is just.

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah, and in his law he will meditate day and night

The blameless one of hands and the clean of heart; who lifted not up his soul to vanity, and swore not for deceit

To do thine acceptance, O my God, I delighted; and thy law in the midst of my bowels.

I inherited thy testimonies forever: for they are the joy of my heart. I inclined my heart to do thy laws forever to the end.

Happy the pure in heart: tor they shall see God.

As to the rest, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever venerable, whatever just, whatever pure, whatever lovely, whatever prosperous; if any ability, and if any praise, reckon up these things.

Set, O Jehovah, a watch to my mouth; guard over the door of my lips.

Turn away from thee perverseness of mouth, and frowardness of lips remove far oft from thee.

Hear ye, for I will speak dear things; and the openings of my lips uprightnesses. For my palate shall meditate the truth, and evil is the abomination of my lips. In justice are all the sayings of my mouth; nothing in them crooked and perverse.

Wherefore falsehood ye having put away, speak the truth each with his neighbor: for ye are members one of another.

For he wishing to love life, and to see good days, let him cause his tongue to cease from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit:

He announced to thee, O man, what was good; and what did Jehovah require of thee but to do judgment and to love mercy, and being humbled, to go with thy God?

And it shall be justice to us when we shall watch to do all these commands before Jehovah our God as he commanded us.

Happy they watching judgment, doing justice in all time.

To do justice and judgment was chosen by Jehovah above gold.

He going in justice and speaking uprightness, rejecting in the plunder of oppression; shaking his hands from holding upon a gift, shutting his ear from the hearing of bloods, and binding up his eyes from looking upon evil; He shall dwell upon heights: the strongholds of rocks his height: his bread was given; his waters sure.

And in this I myself attend carefully, to have a conscience unhurt towards God and men always.

And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job? for none like him in the earth; a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil.

And David will reign over all Israel; and David will be doing judgment and justice to all his people.

And God will say to him, Because thou didst ask this word, and didst not ask for thyself many days; and didst not ask for thyself riches, and didst not ask the soul of thine enemies: and didst ask for thyself to have understanding to hear judgment; Behold, I did according to thy word, I gave to thee a wise and understanding heart; that there was not as thou before thee, and after thee there shall not arise like thee.

And, behold, a man Joseph by name, being a counsellor; good and just: (The same was not set together in the counsel and deed of them;) from Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.

He justifying himself, That neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I sinned any thing.

As to the rest, the crown of justice is laid up for me, which the Lord will assign to me in that day, the just judge: and not only to me, but also to all them having loved his appearance.

Make with me a sign for good, and they hating me shall see and be ashamed: for thou, Jehovah, didst help me and comfort me.

And those understanding shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and those justifying many, as the stars forever and ever.

After these things I saw, and, behold, a great multitude, which none could number it, of all nations, and tribes, and peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, having put round white robes, and palm trees in their hands; And crying with a great voice, saying, Salvation to our God sitting upon the throne, and to the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne upon their faces, and worshipped God,read more.
Saying, Amen: praise, and glory, and wisdom, and gratitude, and honour, and power, and strength, to our God for ever and ever. Amen. And one of the elders answered, saying to me, These having put round white robes, who are they? and whence came they And I said to him, Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they coming out of great pressure, and they washed their robes, and whitened their robes in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he sitting upon the throne will dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, nor thirst any more; nor should the sun fall upon them, neither any heat. For the Lamb in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall guide them to living fountains of water: and God shall wipe out every tear from their eyes.