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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.
Jeremiah 21:12
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Jeremiah 21:12
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12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord:
Execute justice in the morning,
and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
anyone who has been robbed,
or else my wrath will go forth like fire
and burn, with no one to quench it,
because of their evil doings.(A)
Jeremiah 21:12
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Jeremiah 21:12
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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 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:17
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17 But your eyes and heart
are only on your dishonest gain,
for shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.(A)
Jeremiah 22:17
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Jeremiah 22:17
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James 1:27
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James 1:27
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27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself unstained by the world.(A)
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James 1:27
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James 1:27
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27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after(A) orphans and widows(B) in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.(C)
Ezekiel 22:7
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 Father and mother are treated with contempt in you; the alien residing within you suffers extortion; the orphan and the widow are wronged in you.(A)
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Ezekiel 22:7
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Ezekiel 22:7
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7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt;(A) in you they have oppressed the foreigner(B) and mistreated the fatherless and the widow.(C)
Malachi 3:5
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Malachi 3:5
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5 Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be swift to bear witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired workers in their wages, the widow, and the orphan, against those who thrust aside the alien and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts.(A)
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Malachi 3:5
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Malachi 3:5
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5 “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers,(A) adulterers(B) and perjurers,(C) against those who defraud laborers of their wages,(D) who oppress the widows(E) and the fatherless, and deprive the foreigners(F) among you of justice, but do not fear(G) me,” says the Lord Almighty.
Zechariah 7:9-11
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Zechariah 7:9-11
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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) 11 But they refused to listen and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears in order not to hear.(C)
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Zechariah 7:9-11
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Zechariah 7:9-11
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9 “This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice;(A) show mercy and compassion to one another.(B) 10 Do not oppress the widow(C) or the fatherless, the foreigner(D) or the poor.(E) Do not plot evil against each other.’(F)
11 “But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly(G) they turned their backs(H) and covered their ears.(I)
Isaiah 1:15-20
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Isaiah 1:15-20
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15 When you stretch out your hands,
I will hide my eyes from you;
even though you make many prayers,
I will not listen;
your hands are full of blood.(A)
16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
remove your evil deeds
from before my eyes;
cease to do evil;(B)
17 learn to do good;
seek justice;
rescue the oppressed;
defend the orphan;
plead for the widow.(C)
18 Come now, let us argue it out,
says the Lord:
If your sins are like scarlet,
will they become like snow?
If they are red like crimson,
will they become like wool?(D)
19 If you are willing and obedient,
you shall eat the good of the land,(E)
20 but if you refuse and rebel,
you shall be devoured by the sword,
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(F)
Isaiah 1:15-20
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Isaiah 1:15-20
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15 When you spread out your hands(A) in prayer,
I hide(B) my eyes from you;
even when you offer many prayers,
I am not listening.(C)
16 Wash(F) and make yourselves clean.
Take your evil deeds out of my sight;(G)
stop doing wrong.(H)
17 Learn to do right;(I) seek justice.(J)
Defend the oppressed.[a](K)
Take up the cause of the fatherless;(L)
plead the case of the widow.(M)
18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(N)
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow;(O)
though they are red as crimson,
they shall be like wool.(P)
19 If you are willing and obedient,(Q)
you will eat the good things of the land;(R)
20 but if you resist and rebel,(S)
you will be devoured by the sword.”(T)
For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.(U)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 1:17 Or justice. / Correct the oppressor
Joel 3:19
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Joel 3:19
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19 Egypt shall become a desolation
and Edom a desolate wilderness,
because of the violence done to the people of Judah,
in whose land they have shed innocent blood.(A)
Joel 3:19
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Joel 3:19
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Jeremiah 9:24
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Jeremiah 9:24
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24 but let those who boast boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.(A)
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Jeremiah 7:5-6
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Jeremiah 7:5-6
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5 For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another,(A) 6 if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, and the widow or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,(B)
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Jeremiah 7:5-6
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Jeremiah 7:5-6
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Jeremiah 5:28
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Jeremiah 5:28
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28 they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no limits in deeds of wickedness;
they do not judge with justice
the cause of the orphan, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.(A)
Jeremiah 5:28
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Jeremiah 5:28
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