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Isaiah 1:17
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Isaiah 1:17
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17 learn to do good;
seek justice;
rescue the oppressed;
defend the orphan;
plead for the widow.(A)
Isaiah 1:17
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Isaiah 1:17
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Micah 6:8
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has told you, O mortal, 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?(A)
Jeremiah 22:3
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Jeremiah 22:3
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3 Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place.(A)
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Jeremiah 22:3
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Jeremiah 22:3
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3 This is what the Lord says: Do what is just(A) and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor(B) the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow,(C) and do not shed innocent blood(D) in this place.
Psalm 82:3-4
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Psalm 82:3-4
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3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.(A)
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(B)
Psalm 82:3-4
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Psalm 82:3-4
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Isaiah 1:23
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Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
They do not defend the orphan,
and the widow’s cause does not come before them.(A)
Isaiah 1:23
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Isaiah 1:23
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Zechariah 7:9-10
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Zechariah 7:9-10
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9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;(A) 10 do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.(B)
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Proverbs 31:9
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Proverbs 31:9
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9 Speak out; judge righteously;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.(A)
Proverbs 31:9
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Proverbs 31:9
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9 Speak up and judge fairly;
defend the rights of the poor and needy.(A)
Jeremiah 22:15-16
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Jeremiah 22:15-16
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15 Are you a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and do justice and righteousness?
Then it was well with him.(A)
16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy;
then it was well.
Is not this to know me?
says the Lord.(B)
Jeremiah 22:15-16
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Jeremiah 22:15-16
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Zechariah 8:16
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Zechariah 8:16
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16 These are the things that you shall do: speak the truth to one another, render in your gates judgments that are true and make for peace,(A)
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Zechariah 8:16
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Zechariah 8:16
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16 These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth(A) to each other, and render true and sound judgment(B) in your courts;(C)
Zephaniah 2:3
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Zephaniah 2:3
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3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land
who do his commands;
seek righteousness, seek humility;
perhaps you may be hidden
on the day of the Lord’s wrath.(A)
Zephaniah 2:3
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Zephaniah 2:3
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Daniel 4:27
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Daniel 4:27
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27 Therefore, O king, may my counsel be acceptable to you: atone for[a] your sins with righteousness and your iniquities with mercy to the oppressed, so that your prosperity may be prolonged.”(A)
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Daniel 4:27
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Daniel 4:27
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