Proverbs 31:9
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Isaiah 1:17
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17 learn to do good;
(A)seek justice,
correct oppression;
(B)bring justice to the fatherless,
plead the widow's cause.
Leviticus 19:15
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15 (A)“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
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Amos 5:11-12
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11 Therefore because you (A)trample on[a] the poor
and you exact taxes of grain from him,
(B)you have built houses of hewn stone,
but you shall not dwell in them;
(C)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
but you shall not drink their wine.
12 For I know how many are your transgressions
and how great are your sins—
you who afflict the righteous, who (D)take a bribe,
and (E)turn aside the needy (F)in the gate.
Footnotes
- Amos 5:11 Or you tax
Job 29:15-16
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15 I was (A)eyes to the blind
and feet to the lame.
16 I was a father to the needy,
and I searched out (B)the cause of him whom I did not know.
Deuteronomy 1:16
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16 And I charged your judges at that time, ‘Hear the cases between your brothers, and (A)judge righteously between a man and his brother or the alien who is with him.
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Jeremiah 22:3
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Daniel 4:27
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27 Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you: break off your sins by (A)practicing righteousness, (B)and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, (C)that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your prosperity.”
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John 7:24
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24 (A)Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
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Zechariah 7:9
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9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, (A)Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,
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Jeremiah 23:5
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5 (A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous (B)Branch, and (C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
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Jeremiah 22:15-16
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Jeremiah 5:28
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28 (A)they have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
(B)they judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Isaiah 1:23
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23 Your princes are rebels
and companions of thieves.
Everyone (A)loves a bribe
and runs after gifts.
(B)They do not bring justice to the fatherless,
and the widow's cause does not come to them.
Proverbs 20:8
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Proverbs 16:12
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12 It is an abomination to kings to do evil,
for (A)the throne is established by righteousness.
Psalm 72:1-2
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Give the King Your Justice
Of (A)Solomon.
72 Give the king your (B)justice, O God,
and your righteousness to the royal son!
2 May he (C)judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!
Job 29:12
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12 because I (A)delivered the poor who cried for help,
and the fatherless who had none to help him.
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
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Justice
18 “You shall appoint (A)judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 (B)You shall not pervert justice. (C)You shall not show partiality, (D)and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. 20 Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
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Revelation 19:11
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The Rider on a White Horse
11 Then I saw (A)heaven opened, and behold, (B)a white horse! The one sitting on it is called (C)Faithful and True, and (D)in righteousness he judges and makes war.
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Hebrews 1:9
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9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, (A)has anointed you
with (B)the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
Psalm 58:1-2
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God Who Judges the Earth
To the choirmaster: according to (A)Do Not Destroy. A (B)Miktam[a] of David.
58 Do you indeed decree what is right, you gods?[b]
Do you judge the children of man uprightly?
2 No, in your hearts you devise wrongs;
your hands (C)deal out violence on earth.
Footnotes
- Psalm 58:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
- Psalm 58:1 Or you mighty lords (by revocalization; Hebrew in silence)
2 Samuel 8:15
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David's Officials
15 So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.
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Zechariah 9:9
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The Coming King of Zion
9 (A)Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
(B)Behold, (C)your king is coming to you;
righteous and having salvation is he,
(D)humble and mounted on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Isaiah 32:1-2
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A King Will Reign in Righteousness
32 Behold, (A)a king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
2 (B)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
(C)like streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
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