Bible Verses About Justice: General references

"You are not to repeat false rumors; do not join hands with the wicked by offering perjured testimony.

Do not follow the crowd when it does what is wrong; and don't allow the popular view to sway you into offering testimony for any cause if the effect will be to pervert justice.

On the other hand, don't favor a person's lawsuit simply because he is poor.

"Do not deny anyone justice in his lawsuit simply because he is poor.

Keep away from fraud, and do not cause the death of the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.

You are not to receive a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clearsighted and subverts the cause of the righteous.

Do not oppress or rob your neighbor; specifically, you are not to keep back the wages of a hired worker all night until morning.

"'Do not speak a curse against a deaf person or place an obstacle in the way of a blind person; rather, fear your God; I am ADONAI.

"'Do not be unjust in judging - show neither partiality to the poor nor deference to the mighty, but with justice judge your neighbor.

"You are to appoint judges and officers for all your gates [in the cities] ADONAI your God is giving you, tribe by tribe; and they are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

You are not to distort justice or show favoritism, and you are not to accept a bribe, for a gift blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of even the upright.

Justice, only justice, you must pursue; so that you will live and inherit the land ADONAI your God is giving you.

"If people have a dispute, seek its resolution in court, and the judges render a decision in favor of the righteous one and condemning the wicked one;

then, if the wicked one deserves to be flogged, the judge is to have him lie down and be flogged in his presence. The number of strokes is to be proportionate to his offense;

but the maximum number is forty. He is not to exceed this; if he goes over this limit and beats him more than this, your brother will be humiliated before your eyes.

"You are not to muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

By Shlomo: God, give the king your fairness in judgment, endow this son of kings with your righteousness,

so that he can govern your people rightly and your poor with justice.

"How long will you go on judging unfairly, favoring the wicked? (Selah)

Give justice to the weak and fatherless! Uphold the rights of the wretched and poor!

Rescue the destitute and needy; deliver them from the power of the wicked!"

Another thing I observed under the sun: There, in the same place as justice, was wickedness; there, in the same place as righteousness, was wickedness.

I said to myself, "The righteous and the wicked God will judge, because there is a right time for every intention and for every action."

Thus justice is repelled, righteousness stands apart, at a distance; for truth stumbles in the public court, and uprightness cannot enter.

Honesty is lacking, he who leaves evil becomes a target. ADONAI saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.