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'Justice' in the Bible

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

Verse ConceptsBitter FoodNo JusticeBitterness

Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toHatredLawsuitsDivine FavourBusiness At The GatewaySurvivors FavouredBe Merciful!God As A WarriorHating EvilLoving GoodHateGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.

Verse ConceptsGod, Will OfRighteousness, Of BelieversEternal BlessingRiversSportsFloodsfairnesswaterfalls

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.

Verse ConceptsPloughingPoisonTilling The SoilBitter FoodNo Justice

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