TOPICAL BIBLE
Injustice
45 references in this topic.
Exodus 22:21“You shall not wrong an alien, neither shall you oppress him, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt.Exodus 22:22“You shall not take advantage of any widow or fatherless child.Exodus 23:1“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.Exodus 23:2“You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;Exodus 23:3neither shall you favor a poor man in his cause.Exodus 23:6“You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.Exodus 23:7“Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous: for I will not justify the wicked.Leviticus 19:15“‘You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.Leviticus 19:35“‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.Leviticus 19:36You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 16:19You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.Deuteronomy 16:20You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you.Deuteronomy 24:17You shall not deprive the foreigner, or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;Deuteronomy 24:18but you shall remember that you were a bondservant in Egypt, and Yahweh your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.Deuteronomy 27:19‘Cursed is he who the foreigner, fatherless, and widow of justice.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Job 16:16My face is red with weeping. Deep darkness is on my eyelids.Job 16:17Although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.Job 31:13“If I have despised the cause of my male servant or of my female servant, when they contended with me;Job 31:14What then shall I do when God rises up? When he visits, what shall I answer him?Job 31:15Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?Psalm 12:5“Because of the oppression of the weak and because of the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in safety from those who malign him.”Psalm 43:1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.Psalm 82:2“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.Proverbs 17:15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.Proverbs 28:8He who increases his wealth by excessive interest gathers it for one who has pity on the poor.Proverbs 29:27A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.Proverbs 31:4It is not for kings, Lemuel; it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes to say, ‘Where is strong drink?’Proverbs 31:5lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.Ecclesiastes 3:16Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.Ecclesiastes 5:8If 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.Isaiah 26:10Let 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.Jeremiah 22:3Thus says Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.Jeremiah 22:4For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people.Jeremiah 22:5But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says Yahweh, that this house shall become a desolation.Lamentations 3:34To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,Lamentations 3:35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,Lamentations 3:36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn’t approve.Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as 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 5:12For I know how many your offenses, and how great are your sins—you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the courts.Zephaniah 3:5Yahweh, in the midst of 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.Luke 3:14Soldiers also asked him, saying, “What about us? What must we do?” He said to them, “Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages.”Luke 16:10He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.1 Thessalonians 4:7For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.Revelation 22:11He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”
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