Proverbs 2:8-9
GOD’S WORD Translation
8 in order to guard those on paths of justice
and to watch over the way of his godly ones.
9 Then you will understand what is right and just and fair—
every good course ⌞in life⌟.
Proverbs 8:20
GOD’S WORD Translation
20 I walk in the way of righteousness, on the paths of justice,
Proverbs 12:5
GOD’S WORD Translation
5 The thoughts of righteous people are fair.
The advice of wicked people is treacherous.
Proverbs 13:23
GOD’S WORD Translation
23 When poor people are able to plow, there is much food,
but a person is swept away where there is no justice.
Proverbs 16:10-12
GOD’S WORD Translation
10 When a divine revelation is on a king’s lips,
he cannot voice a wrong judgment.
11 Honest balances and scales belong to the Lord.
He made the entire set of weights.
12 Wrongdoing is disgusting to kings
because a throne is established through righteousness.
Proverbs 17:15
GOD’S WORD Translation
15 Whoever approves of wicked people
and whoever condemns righteous people
is disgusting to the Lord.
Proverbs 17:23
GOD’S WORD Translation
23 A wicked person secretly accepts a bribe to corrupt the ways of justice.
Proverbs 17:26
GOD’S WORD Translation
26 To punish an innocent person is not good.
To strike down noble people is not right.
Proverbs 18:5
GOD’S WORD Translation
5 It is not good to be partial toward a wicked person,
thereby depriving an innocent person of justice.
Proverbs 19:28
GOD’S WORD Translation
28 A worthless witness mocks justice,
and the mouths of wicked people swallow up trouble.
Proverbs 21:3
GOD’S WORD Translation
3 Doing what is right and fair
is more acceptable to the Lord than offering a sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:7
GOD’S WORD Translation
7 The violence of wicked people will drag them away
since they refuse to do what is just.
Proverbs 21:15
GOD’S WORD Translation
15 When justice is done, a righteous person is delighted,
but troublemakers are terrified.
Proverbs 22:8
GOD’S WORD Translation
8 Whoever plants injustice will harvest trouble,
and this weapon of his own fury will be destroyed.
Proverbs 22:22
GOD’S WORD Translation
Living with Your Neighbor
22 Do not rob the poor because they are poor
or trample on the rights of an oppressed person at the city gate,
Proverbs 24:11
GOD’S WORD Translation
11 Rescue captives condemned to death,
and spare those staggering toward their slaughter.
Proverbs 25:5
GOD’S WORD Translation
5 Take a wicked person away from the presence of a king,
and justice will make his throne secure.
Proverbs 28:5
GOD’S WORD Translation
5 Evil people do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
Proverbs 29:4
GOD’S WORD Translation
4 By means of justice, a king builds up a country,
but a person who confiscates religious contributions tears it down.
Proverbs 29:26-27
GOD’S WORD Translation
26 Many seek an audience with a ruler,
but justice for humanity comes from the Lord.
27 An unjust person is disgusting to righteous people.
A decent person is disgusting to wicked people.
Proverbs 31:8-9
GOD’S WORD Translation
8 “Speak out for the one who cannot speak,
for the rights of those who are doomed.
9 Speak out,
judge fairly,
and defend the rights of oppressed and needy people.”
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