INJUSTICE

Passages on this topic · 45

• Exodus 22:21

  “You shall not wrong an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.

• Exodus 22:22

  “You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.

• Exodus 23:1

  “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

• Exodus 23:2

  “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice.

• Exodus 23:3

  You shall not favor a poor man in his cause.

• Exodus 23:6

  “You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

• Exodus 23:7

  “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.

• Leviticus 19:15

  “‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

• Leviticus 19:35

  “‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

• Leviticus 19:36

  You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

• Deuteronomy 16:19

  You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous.

• Deuteronomy 16:20

  You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

• Deuteronomy 24:17

  You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

• Deuteronomy 24:18

  but you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there. Therefore I command you to do this thing.

• Deuteronomy 27:19

  ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, fatherless, and widow.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• Job 16:16

  My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.

• Job 16:17

  Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

• Job 31:13

  “If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;

• Job 31:14

  What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?

• Job 31:15

  Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

• Psalms 12:5

  “Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”

• Psalms 43:1

  Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.

• Psalms 82:2

  “How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.

• Proverbs 11:7

  When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

• Proverbs 17:15

  He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

• Proverbs 28:8

  He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

• Proverbs 29:27

  A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

• Proverbs 31:4

  It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’

• Proverbs 31:5

  lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.

• Ecclesiastes 3:16

  Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

• Ecclesiastes 5:8

  If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.

• Isaiah 26:10

  Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty.

• Jeremiah 22:3

  Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.

• Jeremiah 22:4

  For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on David’s throne, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.

• Jeremiah 22:5

  But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself,” says Yahweh, “that this house shall become a desolation.”’”

• Lamentations 3:34

  To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

• Lamentations 3:35

  To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

• Lamentations 3:36

  To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.

• Amos 5:11

  Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

• Amos 5:12

  For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins — you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.

• Zephaniah 3:5

  Yahweh, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame.

• Luke 3:14

  Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”

• Luke 16:10

  He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:7

  For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

• Revelation 22:11

  He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”