Luke 18:3
In that city there was also a widow who kept coming to him and saying, "Grant me justice against my adversary.'
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to practice what is good; seek justice, alleviate oppression, defend orphans in court, and plead the widow's case.
Deuteronomy 27:19
""Cursed is the one who perverts justice due the foreigner, the orphan, or the widow.' "Then all the people are to respond by saying, "Amen!'
2 Samuel 14:5-24
The king asked her, "What's your problem?"
Job 22:9
You sent away widows empty-handed, and broke the outstretched arms of orphans.
Job 29:13
Those who were about to die blessed me, and I made widows sing for joy.
Isaiah 1:21-23
"How the faithful city has become a whore, she who used to be filled with justice! Righteousness used to reside within her, but now only murderers live there.
Jeremiah 5:28
and have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They don't argue the case of the orphan to secure justice. They don't defend the rights of the poor.
Luke 18:7-8
Won't God grant his chosen people justice when they cry out to him day and night? Is he slow to help them?
Romans 13:3-4
For the authorities are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you like to live without being afraid of the authorities? Then do what is right, and you will receive their approval.