Bible Verses about 'Justice'

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Amos 5:24

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But let justice roll on like a river,
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Amos 5:24 law righteousness
Learn to do right; seek justice.
Defend the oppressed.
Take up the cause of the fatherless;
plead the case of the widow.
Isaiah 1:17 righteousness neighbor widows

The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
Psalm 33:5 reliability love righteousness
The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;
in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
Job 37:23 God righteousness strength
Defend the weak and the fatherless;
uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
Psalm 82:3 orphans neighbor righteousness
For he guards the course of the just
and protects the way of his faithful ones.
Proverbs 2:8 righteousness protection obedience
To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3 honesty righteousness sacrifice
Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.
Proverbs 2:9 righteousness goodness honesty
Good will come to those who are generous and lend freely,
who conduct their affairs with justice.
Psalm 112:5 generosity mercy honesty
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show you compassion.
For the Lord is a God of justice.
Blessed are all who wait for him!
Isaiah 30:18 grace righteousness patience
For the Lord loves the just
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed;
the offspring of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 37:28 eternal life reliability righteousness
Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.
Psalm 37:5-6 trust righteousness life
Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9 righteousness speaking giving
This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil against each other.’
Zechariah 7:9-10 evil righteousness neighbor
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Matthew 5:6 righteousness blessing receiving
Good and upright is the Lord;
therefore he instructs sinners in his ways.
He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
Psalm 25:8-9 righteousness humility learning
He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.
Micah 6:8 law righteousness humility
Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.
2 Chronicles 19:7 awe righteousness honesty
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just. And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
Daniel 4:37 righteousness humility worship
He is the Rock, his works are perfect,
and all his ways are just.
A faithful God who does no wrong,
upright and just is he.
Deuteronomy 32:4 holiness righteousness reliability
Better a little with righteousness
than much gain with injustice.
Proverbs 16:8 righteousness money contentment
If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.
Jeremiah 7:5-7 conversion widows orphans
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,
for the rights of all who are destitute.
Proverbs 31:8 speaking weakness
Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Galatians 6:7 God righteousness harvest
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:10 righteousness kingdom persecution
But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves.
Malachi 4:2 joy righteousness healing
Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land,
you who do what he commands.
Seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you will be sheltered
on the day of the Lord’s anger.
Zephaniah 2:3 seeking protection humility
But if a wicked person turns away from all the sins they have committed and keeps all my decrees and does what is just and right, that person will surely live; they will not die.
Ezekiel 18:21 conversion sin law
My soul yearns for you in the night;
in the morning my spirit longs for you.
When your judgments come upon the earth,
the people of the world learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9 righteousness judgment learning
But from everlasting to everlasting
the Lord’s love is with those who fear him,
and his righteousness with their children’s children—
with those who keep his covenant
and remember to obey his precepts.
Psalm 103:17-18 reliability law family
I delight greatly in the Lord;
my soul rejoices in my God.
For he has clothed me with garments of salvation
and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness,
as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:10 righteousness joy redeemer