Bible Verses About Justice

"He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"

Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly — the three things required, in that order.

"But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream."

Let justice roll on like a river — one of the most powerful justice verses in Scripture.

"Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”"

Learn to do right; seek justice — the practical command.

"“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed."

Defend the weak and the fatherless — the specific people justice is for.

"Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”"

Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

"“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,"

He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners — Jesus' justice agenda.

"“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone."

You have neglected the more important matters — justice, mercy and faithfulness.

"For Yahweh loves justice, and doesn’t forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off."

The Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones.

"“For I, Yahweh, love justice. I hate robbery and iniquity. I will give them their reward in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them."

I, the Lord, love justice — a direct statement of God's character.

"You shall follow that which is altogether just, that you may live, and inherit the land which Yahweh your God gives you."

Justice and justice alone — do not pervert it.

"It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity."

When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous.

"Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place."

Do what is just and right — protect the stranger, the fatherless and the widow.

"for he is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid, for he doesn’t bear the sword in vain; for he is a servant of God, an avenger for wrath to him who does evil."

The governing authority is God's servant for your good — justice institutionalised.

"for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”"

True and just are his judgments — the final word on justice.

"Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face."

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne.