19 Bible Verses about Social Justice

Seek judgment, make happy the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, strive for the widow.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, Both the cause of the poor and needy!'

and the second is like to it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;

religion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation -- unspotted to keep himself from the world.

And the king answering, shall say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one of these my brethren -- the least -- to me ye did it.

'Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: True judgment judge ye, And kindness and mercy do one with another. And widow, and fatherless, Sojourner, and poor, ye do not oppress, And the calamity of one another ye do not devise in your heart.

Thus said Jehovah: Do ye judgment and righteousness, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, And sojourner, orphan, and widow, ye do not oppress nor wrong, And innocent blood ye do not shed in this place.

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping, of the same mind one toward another, not minding the high things, but with the lowly going along; become not wise in your own conceit; giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men.read more.
If possible -- so far as in you -- with all men being in peace;

He hath declared to thee, O man, what is good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God?

He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.

'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

Cursed is he who is turning aside the judgment of fatherless, sojourner, and widow, -- and all the people have said, Amen.

'All things, therefore, whatever ye may will that men may be doing to you, so also do to them, for this is the law and the prophets.

Judge ye the weak and fatherless, The afflicted and the poor declare righteous.

He is oppressing the poor to multiply to him, He is giving to the rich -- only to want.

An oppressor of the poor reproacheth his Maker, And whoso is honouring Him Is favouring the needy.

The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

Whoso is giving to the poor hath no lack, And whoso is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.

and Jesus having taken up the word, said, 'A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and having stripped him and inflicted blows, they went away, leaving him half dead. 'And by a coincidence a certain priest was going down in that way, and having seen him, he passed over on the opposite side; and in like manner also, a Levite, having been about the place, having come and seen, passed over on the opposite side.read more.
'But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion, and having come near, he bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine, and having lifted him up on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and was careful of him; and on the morrow, going forth, taking out two denaries, he gave to the innkeeper, and said to him, Be careful of him, and whatever thou mayest spend more, I, in my coming again, will give back to thee. 'Who, then, of these three, seemeth to thee to have become neighbour of him who fell among the robbers?' and he said, 'He who did the kindness with him,' then Jesus said to him, 'Be going on, and thou be doing in like manner.'