Justice
Core Verses29
“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”
“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”
“That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”
“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.”
“The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.”
“And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.”
“So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.”
“The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.”
“But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.”
“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:”
“And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.”
“He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.”
“Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.”
“He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.”
“Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.”
“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”
“And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.”
“It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
“They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.”
“For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.”
“But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.”
“A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.”
“One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.”
“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 judgment.”
“But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.”
“Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.”
“For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.”
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