Isaiah 59:14
Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.
Habakkuk 1:4
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.
Psalm 82:2-5
He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)
Ecclesiastes 3:16
I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness.
Isaiah 1:21
How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers.
Isaiah 5:23
They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent.
Isaiah 10:1-2
Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations,
Isaiah 59:4
No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.
Jeremiah 5:27-28
Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.
Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
Amos 5:11
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.
Micah 3:9-11
Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.
Micah 7:3-5
They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them.
Zephaniah 3:1-3
The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished!
Amos 5:7
The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.