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“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;(A)

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“This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice;(A) show mercy and compassion to one another.(B)

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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)

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He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
    And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly(A) and to love mercy
    and to walk humbly[a](B) with your God.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:8 Or prudently

“How long will you judge unjustly
    and show partiality to the wicked? Selah(A)
Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
    maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.(B)
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(C)

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“How long will you[a] defend the unjust
    and show partiality(A) to the wicked?[b](B)
Defend the weak and the fatherless;(C)
    uphold the cause of the poor(D) and the oppressed.
Rescue the weak and the needy;
    deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew is plural.
  2. Psalm 82:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(A)

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To do what is right and just
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(A)

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For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another,(A)

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If you really change(A) your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly,(B)

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23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.(A)

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23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth(A) of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness.(B) You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

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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)

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12 This is what the Lord says to you, house of David:

“‘Administer justice(A) every morning;
    rescue from the hand of the oppressor(B)
    the one who has been robbed,
or my wrath will break out and burn like fire(C)
    because of the evil(D) you have done—
    burn with no one to quench(E) it.

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18 who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.(A) 19 You shall also love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.(B)

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18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,(A) and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.(B) 19 And you are to love(C) those who are foreigners,(D) for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt.(E)

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13 For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.(A)

Faith without Works Is Dead

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Surely that faith cannot save, can it?(B) 15 If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food(C) 16 and one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what is the good of that? 17 So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.

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13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Faith and Deeds

14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds?(B) Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food.(C) 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?(D) 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.(E)

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51 “Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?”(A)

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51 “Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?”

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42 “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others.(A)

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42 “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth(A) of your mint, rue and all other kinds of garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.(B) You should have practiced the latter without leaving the former undone.(C)

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Were not these the words that the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, along with the towns around it, and when the Negeb and the Shephelah were inhabited?”

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Are these not the words the Lord proclaimed through the earlier prophets(A) when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were at rest(B) and prosperous, and the Negev and the western foothills(C) were settled?’”(D)

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24 But let justice roll down like water
    and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.(A)

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24 But let justice(A) roll on like a river,
    righteousness(B) like a never-failing stream!(C)

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