Micah 3:9

Please hear this you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. You who abhor justice, and pervert honesty!

Psalm 58:1-2

([Psalm of David]) Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones (O you God-like ones)? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.

Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them: JEHOVAH, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me. He said: I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt.

Leviticus 26:15

if you reject my laws and look at my rules with disgust, if you reject my promise by disobeying my commandments,

Deuteronomy 27:19

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

Proverbs 17:15

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

Jeremiah 5:28

They grow big and fat. Their evil deeds have no limits. They have no respect for the rights of others. They have no respect for the rights of orphans. But they still prosper. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O you priests and pay attention, O house of Israel. Give ear (listen)! O house of the king the judgment is about you. You have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.

Micah 3:1

I said: Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not your responsibility to know justice?

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Micah 3:9

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

I pray

Micah 3:1

Exodus 3:16

Hosea 5:1

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I pray

I said: Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not your responsibility to know justice?

Hear this, O you priests and pay attention, O house of Israel. Give ear (listen)! O house of the king the judgment is about you. You have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.

That

if you reject my laws and look at my rules with disgust, if you reject my promise by disobeying my commandments,

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

([Psalm of David]) Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones (O you God-like ones)? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

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

Your rulers are rebels, friends with thieves. They all love bribes and run after gifts. They never defend orphans. They do not listen to the widows' pleas.

General references

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

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

You shepherds, listen to the word of Jehovah.

They must teach my people the difference between what is holy and what is unholy. They must show the people how to tell the difference between what is clean and what is unclean.