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What are some Bible verses about justice?

Bible verses about justice
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Proverbs 21:15
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Amos 5:24
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Micah 6:8
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?

Isaiah 30:18
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.

Romans 12:19
Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Isaiah 61:8
For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Psalm 33:5
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

Psalm 106:3
Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

Leviticus 19:15
You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Zechariah 7:9
Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,

Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.

Psalm 37:27-29
Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever. 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. The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.

Proverbs 24:24-25
Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them."

Jeremiah 22:3
Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Deuteronomy 16:20
Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Psalm 82:3
Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

Proverbs 29:7
A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

Unless otherwise noted, all Bible verses are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® Copyright© 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

Special thanks to OpenBible.info for the data on the most well-known Bible verses.

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