Zechariah 7:9
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9 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another;(A)
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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)
Psalm 82:2-4
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2 “How long will you judge unjustly
and show partiality to the wicked? Selah(A)
3 Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.(B)
4 Rescue the weak and the needy;
deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”(C)
Proverbs 21:3
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3 To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(A)
Jeremiah 7:5
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5 For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another,(A)
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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)
Deuteronomy 10:18-19
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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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James 2:13-17
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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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John 7:51
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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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Luke 11:42
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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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Matthew 23:23
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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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Zechariah 7:7
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7 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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Amos 5:24
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24 But let justice roll down like water
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.(A)
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