Zechariah 7:9
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has (A)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (B)to do justly,
To love [a]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
Footnotes
- Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness
Psalm 82:2-4
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2 How long will you judge unjustly,
And (A)show partiality to the wicked? Selah
3 [a]Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and (B)needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from the hand of the wicked.
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- Psalm 82:3 Vindicate
Proverbs 21:3
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3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Matthew 23:23
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23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! (A)For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and (B)have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
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Ezekiel 45:9
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Laws Governing the Prince
9 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Enough, O princes of Israel! (B)Remove violence and plundering, execute justice and righteousness, and stop dispossessing My people,” says the Lord God.
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Jeremiah 21:12
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12 O house of David! Thus says the Lord:
(A)“Execute[a] judgment (B)in the morning;
And deliver him who is plundered
Out of the hand of the oppressor,
Lest My fury go forth like fire
And burn so that no one can quench it,
Because of the evil of your doings.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 21:12 Dispense justice
Deuteronomy 10:18-19
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18 (A)He administers justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger, giving him food and clothing. 19 Therefore love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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James 2:13-17
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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown (B)no (C)mercy. (D)Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Faith Without Works Is Dead(E)
14 (F)What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 (G)If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and (H)one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
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John 7:51
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51 (A)“Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
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Luke 11:42
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42 (A)“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and (B)pass by justice and the (C)love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
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Zechariah 8:16-17
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16 These are the things you shall (A)do:
(B)Speak each man the truth to his neighbor;
Give judgment in your gates for truth, justice, and peace;
17 (C)Let none of you think evil in [a]your heart against your neighbor;
And do not love a false oath.
For all these are things that I hate,’
Says the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Zechariah 8:17 Lit. his
Zechariah 7:7
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7 Should you not have obeyed the words which the Lord proclaimed through the (A)former prophets when Jerusalem and the cities around it were inhabited and prosperous, and (B)the [a]South and the Lowland were inhabited?’ ”
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- Zechariah 7:7 Heb. Negev
Amos 5:24
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24 (A)But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
Hosea 10:12-13
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12 Sow for yourselves righteousness;
Reap in mercy;
(A)Break up your fallow ground,
For it is time to seek the Lord,
Till He (B)comes and rains righteousness on you.
13 (C)You have plowed wickedness;
You have reaped iniquity.
You have eaten the fruit of lies,
Because you trusted in your own way,
In the multitude of your mighty men.
Jeremiah 7:23
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23 But this is what I commanded them, saying, (A)‘Obey My voice, and (B)I will be your God, and you shall be My people. And walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.’
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Jeremiah 7:5
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5 “For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly (A)execute [a]judgment between a man and his neighbor,
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- Jeremiah 7:5 justice
Isaiah 58:6-10
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6 “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:
To (A)loose the bonds of wickedness,
(B)To undo the [a]heavy burdens,
(C)To let the oppressed go free,
And that you break every yoke?
7 Is it not (D)to share your bread with the hungry,
And that you bring to your house the poor who are [b]cast out;
(E)When you see the naked, that you cover him,
And not hide yourself from (F)your own flesh?
8 (G)Then your light shall break forth like the morning,
Your healing shall spring forth speedily,
And your righteousness shall go before you;
(H)The glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’
“If you take away the yoke from your midst,
The [c]pointing of the finger, and (I)speaking wickedness,
10 If you extend your soul to the hungry
And satisfy the afflicted soul,
Then your light shall dawn in the darkness,
And your [d]darkness shall be as the noonday.
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- Isaiah 58:6 Lit. bonds of the yoke
- Isaiah 58:7 wandering
- Isaiah 58:9 Lit. sending out of
- Isaiah 58:10 Or gloom
Leviticus 19:35-37
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35 ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment, in measurement of length, weight, or volume. 36 You shall have (A)honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 (B)‘Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the Lord.’ ”
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Deuteronomy 16:18-20
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Justice Must Be Administered
18 “You shall appoint (A)judges and officers in all your [a]gates, which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with just judgment. 19 (B)You shall not pervert justice; (C)you shall not [b]show partiality, (D)nor take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and [c]twists the words of the righteous. 20 You shall follow what is altogether just, that you may (E)live and inherit the land which the Lord your God is giving you.
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- Deuteronomy 16:18 towns
- Deuteronomy 16:19 Lit. regard faces
- Deuteronomy 16:19 perverts
Leviticus 19:15
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15 ‘You shall do no injustice in (A)judgment. You shall not (B)be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty. In righteousness you shall judge your neighbor.
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Deuteronomy 15:7-14
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Generosity to the Poor
7 “If there is among you a poor man of your brethren, within any of the [a]gates in your land which the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not harden your heart nor shut your hand from your poor brother, 8 but (B)you shall [b]open your hand wide to him and willingly lend him sufficient for his need, whatever he needs. 9 Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your (C)eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and (D)he cry out to the Lord against you, and (E)it become sin among you. 10 You shall surely give to him, and (F)your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because (G)for this thing the Lord your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. 11 For (H)the poor will never cease from the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall [c]open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor and your needy, in your land.’
The Law Concerning Bondservants
12 (I)“If your brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, is (J)sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. 13 And when you [d]send him away free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed; 14 you shall supply him liberally from your flock, from your threshing floor, and from your winepress. From what the Lord your God has (K)blessed you with, you shall give to him.
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- Deuteronomy 15:7 towns
- Deuteronomy 15:8 freely open
- Deuteronomy 15:11 freely open
- Deuteronomy 15:13 set him free
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