Justice
A 19th-century editor grouped these passages under ‘Justice’. It’s a historical finding aid — one editor’s arrangement of the text, not Scripture’s own.
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
Topic from Torrey's New Topical Textbook (R. A. Torrey) — public domain.
Showing 1–24 of 91 verses grouped under this topic.
Nave's Topical Bible
Topic from Nave's Topical Bible (Orville J. Nave, 1897) — public domain.
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“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. “You shall not follow a crowd to do evil. You shall not testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice. You shall not favor…
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“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked. “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have…
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“ ‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “ ‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning. “ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear…
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You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You…
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If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked. It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him…
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Ezra 7:26 OT
Whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it is to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
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Psalms 72:1 OT
God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
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Psalms 72:2 OT
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
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“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” “Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
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He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
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Also to punish the righteous is not good, nor to flog officials for their integrity.
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To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
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He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.
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A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
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If you don’t have means to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you?
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These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
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To show partiality is not good; yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
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Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man’s justice comes from Yahweh.
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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.
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I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.”
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If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don’t marvel at the matter, for one official is eyed by a higher one, and there are officials over them.
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Surely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.
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Isaiah 1:17 OT
Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”
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Isaiah 56:1 OT
Yahweh says, “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is near and my righteousness will soon be revealed.