28 Bible Verses about Justice
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How blessed are those who keep justice,
Who practice righteousness at all times!
‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
The strength of the King loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
For I, the Lord, love justice,
I hate robbery in the burnt offering;
And I will faithfully give them their recompense
And make an everlasting covenant with them.
now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?
because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead.”
It is well with the man who is gracious and lends;
He will maintain his cause in judgment.
There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace,
On the throne of David and over his kingdom,
To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness
From then on and forevermore.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will accomplish this.
And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war.
The king gives stability to the land by justice,
But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.
Learn to do good;
Seek justice,
Reprove the ruthless,
Defend the orphan,
Plead for the widow.
Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that you may live and possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
‘Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.
He loves righteousness and justice;
The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the Lord.
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.
Evil men do not understand justice,
But those who seek the Lord understand all things.
Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you,
And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you.
For the Lord is a God of justice;
How blessed are all those who long for Him.
“Pay attention to Me, O My people,
And give ear to Me, O My nation;
For a law will go forth from Me,
And I will set My justice for a light of the peoples.
“My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth,
And My arms will judge the peoples;
The coastlands will wait for Me,
And for My arm they will wait expectantly.
And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
Cease from anger and forsake wrath;
Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.
For evildoers will be cut off,
But those who wait for the Lord, they will inherit the land.
“The Rock! His work is perfect,
For all His ways are just;
A God of faithfulness and without injustice,
Righteous and upright is He.
From Thematic Bible
Justice » Divine
Indeed, let them consult together.
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, the Lord?
And there is
A righteous God and a
There is none except Me.
All the
And they *sang the
“
Righteous and true are Your ways,
He will
He does not fail.
But the unjust
Justice » Examples of human
I
So David reigned over all Israel; and David
But the sons of the
Did not your father eat and drink
And
Then it was
And who will listen to you in this matter? For
Justice » The lord being just
He is
And
Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem!
Behold, your
He is
Even on a
"The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him. "But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
"Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness, Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You, Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day. "However, You are just in all that has come upon us; For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.
He will
He does not fail.
But the unjust
Justice » Encouraged
Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness,
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that
“
For My
And My righteousness to be revealed.
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Justice » What is just
And they *sang the
“
Righteous and true are Your ways,
"For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. "Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, read more.
and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment. "I can do nothing on My own initiative As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
Justice » Christ, an example of
“When I will raise up for David a righteous
And He will
And
And decide with fairness for the
And He will strike the earth with the
And with the
He will judge the world with righteousness
And
Justice » To be done » In buying and selling
You shall have
You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just
Justice » To be done » In executing judgment
“You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your
O
“
And deliver the person who has been robbed from the
And
Because of the evil of their deeds.
Justice » Commanded
Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that
“
For My
And My righteousness to be revealed.
Justice » Saints should » Always do
if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man, if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully--he is righteous and will surely live," declares the Lord GOD.
Ayin.
I have
Do not leave me to my oppressors.
Justice » To be done » To the poor
His
And
Justice » Specially required in rulers
‘
‘Thus says the Lord
Justice » Doing justice
“
For My
And My righteousness to be revealed.
Is desired by the Lord more than sacrifice.
Justice » False balances/divers weights
But a
Both of them are abominable to the Lord.
Justice » Just weights
But a
All the
Justice » The wicked » Afflict those who act with
You who
And
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and
Justice » Unsparing » the Canaanites
Justice » God » Displeased with the want of
If you see
Justice » Saints should » Study the principles of
Finally, brethren,
Justice » Exemplified » Solomon
Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him. The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house. "It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house. read more.
"This woman's son died in the night, because she lay on it. "So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. "When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne." Then the other woman said, "No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son." But the first woman said, "No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son." Thus they spoke before the king. Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one'; and the other says, 'No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'" The king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king. The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other." Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son and said, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him." But the other said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!" Then the king said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother."
Justice » God » Gives wisdom to execute
God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, behold, I have done according to your words Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you.
Justice » Promises to
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, He who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the impregnable rock; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure.
Justice » Saints should » Take pleasure in doing
But is
Justice » Exemplified » Josiah
Did not your father eat and drink
And
Then it was
Justice » To be done » To servants
Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness,
Justice » The wicked » Scorn
And the mouth of the wicked
Justice » Unsparing » The amalekites
and the Lord sent you on a
Justice » Who is just
"But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period-- if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, read more.
if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man, if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully--he is righteous and will surely live," declares the Lord GOD.
Justice » Brings its own reward
Did not your father eat and drink
And
Then it was
Justice » Saints should » Teach others to do
For I have
Justice » Exemplified » samuel
They said, “You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man’s hand.”
Justice » Exemplified » Joseph
And a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man (he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God;
Justice » Exemplified » David
So David reigned over all Israel; and David
Justice » Exemplified » moses
Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “
Justice » God » Sets the highest value on
To walk in the
Justice » God » Delights in
But a
Justice » Who must be just
‘
Justice » Saints should » Receive instruction in
Justice » The wicked » Banish
And
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.
Justice » Unsparing » The natural branches (the jews)
for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either.
Justice » Unsparing » The egyptians
Now it came about at
Justice » Saints should » Pray for wisdom to execute
So
Justice » To be done » To the fatherless and widows
Reprove the ruthless,
Plead for the widow.
Justice » The wicked » Call not for
They
They
Justice » Unsparing » The old world (the antediluvians)
and did not spare
Justice » Unsparing » The angels that sinned
For
Justice » Unsparing » Sodom and gomorrha
and if He
Justice » Unsparing » His own son
He who
Justice » Gifts impede
“
Justice » The wicked » Passover
Justice » The wicked » abhor
And rulers of the house of Israel,
Who
And twist everything that is straight,
Justice » God » Requires
And
But to
And to walk
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Justice » The poor » Encouraged
His
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.
Will also cry himself and not be
Then it was well.
Declares the Lord.
Topics on Justice
Doubting God's Justice
Psalm 82:2
And
God, Justice Of
Isaiah 61:8
I hate robbery
And I will faithfully give them their recompense
And make an
Justice, In Believers' Lives
Romans 2:14-15For when Gentiles who do not have
No Justice
Isaiah 59:11
And
We hope for
For salvation, but it is far from us.
Rejoicing Over Justice
Psalm 106:3Social Justice
Isaiah 1:17
Reprove the ruthless,
Plead for the widow.
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