Injustice

Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.

• 1 Corinthians 6:7 NT

  Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

• Matthew 5:39 NT

  But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

• Isaiah 26:10 OT

  Let favor be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness. In the land of uprightness he will deal wrongfully, and will not see Yahweh’s majesty.

• Psalms 82:2 OT

  “How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?”

• Ecclesiastes 3:16 OT

  Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

• Habakkuk 1:4 OT

  Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice comes out perverted.

• Jeremiah 6:15 OT

  Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. When I visit them, they will be cast down,” says Yahweh.

• Zephaniah 3:5 OT

  Yahweh, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame.

• Proverbs 11:7 OT

  When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.

• Proverbs 28:8 OT

  He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.

• Amos 5:11 OT

  Therefore, because you trample on the poor, and take taxes from him of wheat: You have built houses of cut stone, but you will not dwell in them. You have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.

• Amos 5:12 OT

  For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.

• Amos 8:5 OT

  Saying, ‘When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may market wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel large, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

• Amos 8:8 OT

  Won’t the land tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it will rise up wholly like the River; and it will be stirred up and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:6 NT

  that no one should take advantage of and wrong a brother or sister in this matter; because the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as also we forewarned you and testified.

• Genesis 39:20 OT

  Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

• 1 Samuel 8:3 OT

  His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.

• 1 Kings 21:10 OT

  Set two men, wicked fellows, before him, and let them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king!’ Then carry him out, and stone him to death.”

• 1 Kings 21:15 OT

  When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned, and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, “Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.”

• 1 Kings 21:16 OT

  When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

• Isaiah 59:14 OT

  Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.

• Daniel 6:4 OT

  Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.

• Matthew 27:4 NT

  saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

• Matthew 27:24-26 NT

  So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.” All the…