But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. | But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. |
Learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. | Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause. |
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He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. | He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. |
Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute. | Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. |
Guarding the paths of justice and preserving the way of his faithful ones. | Guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. |
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path. | Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path. |
The Almighty —we cannot find him; he is great in power and justice, and abundant righteousness he will not violate. | The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate. |
It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice. | It is well with the man who deals generously and lends; who conducts his affairs with justice. |
Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will make your vindication shine like the light, and the justice of your cause like the noonday. | Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will act. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday. |
For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. | For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. |
Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. | Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. |
Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking of bribes. | Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality or taking bribes. |
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways are justice; and he is able to bring low those who walk in pride. | Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to humble. |
He has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? | He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? |
Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. | Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. |
The Rock, his work is perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he. | The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. |
Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. | Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. |
Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice. | Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice. |
Speak out for those who cannot speak, for the rights of all the destitute. | Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. |
Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. | Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. |
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. | Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another. | Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart. |
For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt, then I will dwell with you in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your ancestors forever and ever. | For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice one with another, if you do not oppress the sojourner, the fatherless, or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own harm, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers forever. |