'Justice' in the Bible

For I know him that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice, in order that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham what he hath spoken of him.

And Rachel said, God has done me justice, and has also heard my voice, and given me a son; therefore she called his name Dan.

Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

And he provided the first part for himself, For there was reserved the portion of the lawgiver; And he came with the heads of the people; The justice of Jehovah and his judgments Hath he executed with Israel.

And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

Jehovah therefore shall be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and do me justice in delivering me out of thy hand.

And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice to all his people.

And Absalom said, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any controversy and cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!

And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel! Because Jehovah loves Israel for ever, therefore did he make thee king, to do judgment and justice.

And David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice to all his people.

Blessed be Jehovah thy God, who delighted in thee, to set thee on his throne, to be king to Jehovah thy God! Because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore did he make thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.

Doth God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.

He saveth not the wicked alive; but he doeth justice to the afflicted.

But thou art full of the judgments of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

The Almighty, we cannot find him out: excellent in power, and in judgment, and in abundance of justice, he doth not afflict.

To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed one, that the man of the earth may terrify no more.

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments: an instruction. Of David; when the Ziphites came, and said to Saul, Is not David hiding himself with us?} O God, by thy name save me, and by thy strength do me justice.

He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.

Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;

And the strength of the king that loveth justice. Thou hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Jehovah executeth righteousness and justice for all that are oppressed.

Blessed are they that keep justice, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter; for a higher than the high is watching, and there are higher than they.

learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to the fatherless, plead for the widow.

For the vineyard of Jehovah of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah the plant of his delight: and he looked for justice, and behold, blood-shedding; for righteousness, and behold, a cry.

Bring in counsel, execute justice; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, discover not the fugitive.

And a throne shall be established in mercy: and in the tent of David there shall sit upon it, in truth, one judging and seeking justice and hastening righteousness.

Jehovah is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with justice and righteousness;

He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

none calleth for justice, none pleadeth in truthfulness. They trust in vanity, and speak falsehood; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Therefore is justice far from us, and righteousness overtaketh us not: we wait for light, and behold darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

and thou shalt in truth, in justice, and in righteousness swear, As Jehovah liveth! and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.

Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.

But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,

House of David, thus saith Jehovah: Judge with justice in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go forth like fire and burn, and there be none to quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Shalt thou reign, because thou viest with the cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice? Then it was well with him.

And if a man be righteous, and do judgment and justice:

And ye say, Why doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? But the son hath done judgment and justice, hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them; he shall certainly live.

And the wicked, if he turn from all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do judgment and justice, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness which he hath committed, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall keep his soul alive.

And when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt certainly die, and he turneth from his sin, and doeth judgment and justice;

None of his sins which he hath committed shall be remembered against him: he hath done judgment and justice; he shall certainly live.

And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth judgment and justice, he shall live for these things.

Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel! Put away violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice; take off your exactions from my people, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Therefore the law is powerless, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked encompasseth the righteous; therefore judgment goeth forth perverted.