Bible Verses About Justice

And the King sayde, Deuide ye the liuing child in twaine, and giue the one halfe to the one, and the other halfe to the other.

Then spake the woman, whose the liuing child was, vnto the King, for her compassion was kindled toward her sonne, and she sayde, Oh my lorde, giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: but the other sayde, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but deuide it.

Then the King answered, and sayde, Giue her the liuing childe, and slay him not: this is his mother.

A Psalme of Salomon. Give thy iudgements to the King, O God, and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne.

Then shall he iudge thy people in righteousnesse, and thy poore with equitie.

How long wil ye iudge vniustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

Doe right to the poore and fatherlesse: doe iustice to the poore and needie.

Deliuer the poore and needie: saue them from the hand of the wicked.

And moreouer I haue seene vnder the sunne the place of iudgement, where was wickednesse, and the place of iustice where was iniquitie.

I thought in mine heart, God wil iudge the iust and the wicked: for time is there for euery purpose and for euery worke.

Therefore iudgement is turned backewarde, and iustice standeth farre off: for trueth is fallen in the streete, and equitie cannot enter.

Yea, trueth faileth, and hee that refraineth from euill, maketh himselfe a praye: and when the Lord sawe it, it displeased him, that there was no iudgement.

Thus said the Lord, Goe downe to the house of the King of Iudah, and speake there this thing,

And say, Heare the worde of the Lord, O King of Iudah, that sittest vpon the throne of Dauid, thou and thy seruants, and thy people that enter in by these gates.

Thus saith the Lord, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnes, and deliuer the oppressed from the hande of the oppressor, and vexe not the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe: doe no violence, nor sheade innocent blood in this place.

For if ye do this thing, then shall the kings sitting vpon the throne of Dauid enter in by the gates of this House, and ride vpon charets, and vpon horses, both he and his seruants and his people.

In ouerthrowing the right of a man before the face of the most high,

In subuerting a man in his cause: the Lord seeth it not.

Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and yee take from him burdens of wheate, ye haue built houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwel in them: ye haue plated pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.

For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, and they oppresse the poore in ye gate.

If then thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee,

Leaue there thine offring before the altar, and goe thy way: first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.