19 Bible Verses about Social Justice

learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

And the King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'

"Thus says the LORD of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart."

Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly.Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all.read more.
If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

"You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge,

"'Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

"So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.

Whoever oppresses a poor man insults his Maker, but he who is generous to the needy honors him.

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.read more.
But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.' Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise."