33 Bible Verses about Injustice

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.

The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].

Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?

for all the day long I have been plagued, and chastened every morning.

All this I have seen in my days of vanity. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs [his life] in his evil-doing.

Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to the sojourner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's raiment to pledge,

Thou shall not distort justice. Thou shall not respect persons, neither shall thou take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah.

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to a wicked man.

It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, nor for rulers [to say], Where is strong drink? Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice [due] to any who is afflicted.

And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him. And the base fellows bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth cursed God and the king. Then they carried him forth o

And the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood by him to strike his mouth.

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

And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

And 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 the prison.

saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit,

He who augments his substance by interest and increase, gathers it for him who has pity on the poor.

Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.

When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation shall perish, and the hope of iniquity perishes.

Shall the land not tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells therein? Yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River, and it shall be troubled and sink again like the River of Egypt.

Do not rob a poor man, because he is poor, nor oppress an afflicted man in the gate. For LORD will plead their cause, and despoil of life those who despoil them.

He who oppresses a poor man to his increase, [and] he who gives to a rich man, [comes] only to want.

Thou shall not distort the justice [due] to thy poor in his case.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and respect the persons of the wicked? Selah.

And 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 slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.

In thee they have taken bribes to shed blood. Thou have taken interest and increase. And thou have greedily gained from thy neighbors by oppression, and have forgotten me, says lord LORD.

And 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 be he who distorts the justice to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment. Thou shall not respect the person of the poor man, nor honor the person of the mighty man, but thou shall judge thy neighbor in righteousness.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

Diverse weights, and diverse measures, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.

He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall. At the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, says LORD.

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, LORD does not approve.

Now therefore it is indeed altogether a defeat for you because ye have legal disputes against yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

And when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather an uproar was developing, after taking water, he washed his hands in front of the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man. See ye to it. And having answered, all the people said, His blood be on us, and on our children. Then he released Barabbas to them, and having scourged Jesus he delivered him so that he would be crucified.

If thou see the oppression of a poor man, and the violent wresting of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter. For [a man] higher than the high is observing, and there are higher [men] than they.

And thou shall not wrong a sojourner, neither shall thou oppress him, for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to a wicked man.

Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice [due] to any who is afflicted.

And 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 the prison.

And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me, what then shall I do when God rises up? And when he visits, what shall I answer him?

But I say to you, not to resist what is troublesome, but whoever will strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

saying, I sinned, having betrayed innocent blood. But they said, What is it to us? See thou to it.

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off. For truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

Let favor be shown to a wicked man, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not behold the majesty of LORD.

Thou shall not follow a multitude to do evil, neither shall thou speak in a case to turn aside after a multitude to distort [justice],

But two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus. And wanting to lay down favors to the Jews, Felix left behind Paul bound.

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.

The man faithful in the least is faithful also in much, and the man unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.

Behold the wage of the workmen who reaped your fields. The man who was defrauded by you cries out. And the outcries of those who reaped have entered into the ears of Lord of hosts.

Why do thou show me iniquity, and look upon perverseness? For destruction and violence are before me, and there is strife, and contention rises up. Therefore the law is slacked, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked man surrounds the righteous man, therefore justice goes forth perverted.