- 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.”
- Proverbs 21:3:
“To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.”
- Proverbs 28:5:
“Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.”
- Isaiah 1:17:
“Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.”
- Psalm 106:3:
“Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!”
- Proverbs 17:15:
“He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.”
- 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?”
- Proverbs 24:23-25:
“These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good. Whoever says to the guilty, ‘You are innocent,’ will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations. But those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.”
- Amos 5:24:
“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”
- 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.”
- 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.”
- Proverbs 31:8-9:
“Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
- Psalm 82:3-4:
“Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
- James 2:8:
“If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing well.”
- 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.”
- Romans 2:11:
“For God shows no partiality.”
- Galatians 6:7:
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.”
- Proverbs 28:27:
“Whoever gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.”
- Matthew 23:23:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.”
- Psalm 119:137-138:
“Righteous are you, O Lord, and right are your rules. You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness.”
- Jeremiah 9:24:
“But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
- Luke 12:48:
“Everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required, and from him to whom they entrusted much, they will demand the more.”
- Proverbs 25:26:
“Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.”
- Romans 3:23-24:
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.”
- Proverbs 16:8:
“Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues with injustice.”
- Matthew 5:6:
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.”
- Matthew 5:9:
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.”
- 1 Timothy 5:18:
“For the Scripture says, ‘You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,’ and, ‘The laborer deserves his wages.’”
- Micah 7:18:
“Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.”