Bible Verses about 'Justice'

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Psalm 82:3

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Defend the poor and fatherless:
do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalm 82:3 orphans neighbor righteousness
To do justice and judgment
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:3 honesty righteousness sacrifice

But let judgment run down as waters,
and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 5:24 law righteousness
Learn to do well; seek judgment,
relieve the oppressed,
judge the fatherless,
plead for the widow.
Isaiah 1:17 righteousness neighbor widows
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out:
he is excellent in power, and in judgment,
and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
Job 37:23 God righteousness strength
He loveth righteousness and judgment:
the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
Psalm 33:5 reliability love righteousness
He keepeth the paths of judgment,
and preserveth the way of his saints.
Proverbs 2:8 righteousness protection obedience
Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment,
and equity; yea, every good path.
Proverbs 2:9 righteousness goodness honesty
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.
Psalm 37:28 eternal life reliability righteousness
And therefore will the Lord wait,
that he may be gracious unto you,
and therefore will he be exalted,
that he may have mercy upon you:
for the Lord is a God of judgment:
blessed are all they that wait for him.
Isaiah 30:18 grace righteousness patience
A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth:
he will guide his affairs with discretion.
Psalm 112:5 generosity mercy honesty
Commit thy way unto the Lord;
trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,
and thy judgment as the noonday.
Psalm 37:5-6 trust righteousness life
Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Proverbs 31:9 righteousness speaking giving
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness:
for they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:6 righteousness blessing receiving
Good and upright is the Lord:
therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
The meek will he guide in judgment:
and the meek will he teach his way.
Psalm 25:8-9 righteousness humility learning
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?
Micah 6:8 law righteousness humility
Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
2 Chronicles 19:7 awe righteousness honesty
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
Daniel 4:37 righteousness humility worship
He is the Rock, his work is perfect:
for all his ways are judgment:
a God of truth and without iniquity,
just and right is he.
Deuteronomy 32:4 holiness righteousness reliability
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Zechariah 7:9-10 evil righteousness neighbor
Better is a little with righteousness
than great revenues without right.
Proverbs 16:8 righteousness money contentment
For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.
Jeremiah 7:5-7 conversion widows orphans
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all
such as are appointed to destruction.
Proverbs 31:8 speaking weakness
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Galatians 6:7 God righteousness harvest
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:10 righteousness kingdom persecution
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Malachi 4:2 joy righteousness healing
Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth,
which have wrought his judgment;
seek righteousness, seek meekness:
it may be ye shall be hid
in the day of the Lord's anger.
Zephaniah 2:3 seeking protection humility
But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Ezekiel 18:21 conversion sin law
With my soul have I desired thee in the night;
yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early:
for when thy judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9 righteousness judgment learning
But the mercy of the Lord is
from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,
and his righteousness unto children's children;
To such as keep his covenant,
and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Psalm 103:17-18 reliability law family
I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
my soul shall be joyful in my God;
for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation,
he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments,
and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:10 righteousness joy redeemer