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[Abraham spoke to the Lord,] "Far be it from you to do such a thing, to make the innocent die
with the guilty, so that the innocent and the guilty would be
treated alike! Should not the judge of all the world act with
justice?" [Taken from GEN 18:25]
"Dan shall achieve justice for his kindred like any other
tribe of Israel." [GEN 49:16]
Neither shall you allege the example of the many as an excuse
for doing wrong, nor shall you, when testifying in a lawsuit, side
with the many in perverting justice. [EX 23:2]
I charged your judges at that time, 'Listen to complaints among
your kinsmen, and administer true justice to both parties even if
one of them is an alien.' [DEUT 1:16]
'Therefore, the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes in fear of the LORD, our God, that we may always have as prosperous and happy a life as we have today; and our justice before the LORD, our God, is to consist in carefully observing all these commandments he has enjoined on
us.' [DEUT 6:24-25]
For the LORD, your God, is the God of gods, the LORD of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who has no favorites, accepts no bribes; who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and befriends the alien, feeding and clothing him.
[DEUT 10:17-18]
"You shall appoint judges and officials throughout your
tribes to administer true justice for the people in all the
communities which the LORD, your God, is giving you. You shall not distort justice; you must be impartial. You shall
not take a bribe; for a bribe blinds the eyes even of the wise and
twists the words even of the just. Justice and justice alone shall be your aim, that you may have
life and may possess the land which the LORD, your God, is giving
you." [DEUT 16:18-20]
Surely, the LORD shall do justice for his people; on his
servants he shall have pity. [Taken from DEUT
32:36]
"He saw that the best should be his when the princely portion
was assigned, while the heads of the people were gathered. He
carried out the justice of the LORD and his decrees respecting
Israel." [DEUT 33:21]
In his old age Samuel appointed his sons judges over Israel. His first-born was named Joel, his second son, Abijah; they judged at
Beer-sheba. His sons did not follow his example but sought illicit gain and accepted bribes, perverting justice. [1SAM
8:1-3]
The LORD will judge between me and you, and the LORD will exact
justice from you in my case. I shall not touch you. [1SAM 24:13]
"The LORD will be the judge; he will decide between me and you.
May he see this, and take my part, and grant me justice beyond
your reach!" [1SAM 24:16]
The LORD will reward each man for his justice and faithfulness.
Today, though the LORD delivered you into my grasp, I would not
harm the LORD'S anointed. [1SAM 26:23]
David reigned over all Israel, judging and administering
justice to all his people. [2SAM 8:15]
"The LORD rewarded me according to my justice; according
to the cleanness of my hands he requited me." [2SAM 22:21]
And the LORD requited me according to my justice, according to
my innocence in his sight. [2SAM 22:25]
The God of Israel spoke; of me the Rock of Israel said, 'He that rules over men in justice, that rules in the fear of God, Is like the morning light at sunrise on a cloudless morning, making the greensward sparkle after rain.'
[2SAM 23:3-4]
Solomon answered: "You have shown great favor to your
servant, my father David, because he behaved faithfully toward
you, with justice and an upright heart; and you have continued
this great favor toward him, even today, seating a son of his on
his throne." [1KGS 3:6]
When the queen of Sheba witnessed Solomon's great wisdom, the palace he had
built... she was breathless. "The report I heard in my country about your deeds and your wisdom is true," she told the king. "Though I did not believe the report until I came and saw with my own eyes, I have discovered that they were not telling me the half. Your wisdom and prosperity surpass the report I heard. Happy are your men, happy these servants of yours, who stand before you always and listen to your wisdom. Blessed be the LORD, your God, whom it has pleased to place you on the throne of Israel. In his enduring love for Israel, the LORD has made you king to carry out judgment and justice." [1KGS
10:4-9]
David reigned over all Israel and dispensed justice and right
to all his people. [1CHRON 18:14]
"As for you, Ezra, in accordance with the wisdom of your
God which is in your possession, appoint magistrates and judges to
administer justice to all the people in West-of-Euphrates, to all,
that is, who know the laws of your God. Instruct those who do not
know these laws." [EZRA 7:25]
God remembered his people and rendered justice to his
inheritance. [ESTH F:9]
Then fear and dread of them came upon all the people, who said:
"There is no truth or justice among them; they violated the
agreement and the oath that they swore." [1MACC 7:18]
When the Jewish people saw Simon's loyalty and the glory he
planned to bring to his nation, they made him their leader and
high priest because of all he had accomplished and the loyalty and
justice he had shown his nation. In every way he sought to exalt
his people. [1MACC 14:35]
Thereupon Menelaus approached Andronicus privately and asked
him to lay hands on Onias. So Andronicus went to Onias, and by
treacherously reassuring him through sworn pledges with right
hands joined, persuaded him, in spite of his suspicions, to leave
the sanctuary. Then, without any regard for justice, he
immediately put him to death. [2MACC 4:34]
When Judas learned of Nicanor's advance and informed his companions about the approach of the army, the cowardly and those who lacked faith in God's justice deserted and got away. But the others sold everything they had left, and at the same time besought the Lord to deliver those whom the ungodly Nicanor had sold before even meeting them. [2MACC
8:12-14]
How long will you utter such things? The words from your mouth are like a mighty wind! Does God pervert judgment, and does the Almighty distort justice?
If your children have sinned against him and he has left them in the grip of their guilt, Still, if you yourself have recourse to God and make supplication to the Almighty,
Should you be blameless and upright, surely now he will awake for you and restore your rightful domain; Your former state will be of little moment, for in time to come you will flourish indeed. [JOB 8:2-7]
My friends it is who wrong me; before God my eyes drop tears, That he may do justice for a mortal in his presence and decide between a man and his neighbor. For my years are numbered now, and I am on a journey from which I shall not return. [JOB 16:20-22]
My justice I maintain and I will not relinquish it; my heart
does not reproach me for any of my days. [JOB 27:6]
I wore my honesty like a garment; justice was my robe and my
turban. [JOB 29:14]
Let God weigh me in the scales of justice; thus will he know my
innocence! [JOB 31:6]
Had I refused justice to my manservant or to my maid, when they had a claim against me, What then should I do when God rose up;
what could I answer when he demanded an account? Did not he who made me in the womb make him? Did not the same One fashion us before our birth? [JOB 31:13-15]
His soul draws near to the pit, his life to the place of the dead. If then there be for him an angel, one out of a thousand, a mediator, To show him what is right for him and bring the man back to justice,
He will take pity on him and say, "Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found him a ransom." Then his flesh shall become soft as a boy's; he shall be again as in the days of his youth. He shall pray and God will favor him; he shall see God's face with rejoicing. [JOB 33:22-26]
Surely, God cannot act wickedly, the Almighty cannot violate
justice. [JOB 34:12]
Can an enemy of justice indeed be in control, or will you condemn the supreme Just One, Who says to a king, "You are worthless!"
and to nobles, "You are wicked!" Who neither favors the person of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor? For they are all the work of his hands; in a moment they die, even at midnight. He brings on nobles, and takes them away, removing the powerful without lifting a hand; For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he beholds all his steps. [JOB 34:17-21]
The Almighty! we cannot discover him, pre-eminent in power and
judgment; his great justice owes no one an accounting. [JOB 37:23]
Guide me in your justice because of my foes; make straight your
way before me. [PS 5:9]
O LORD, judge of the nations. Grant me justice, LORD, for I am
blameless, free of any guilt. [PS 7:9]
Bring the malice of the wicked to an end; uphold the innocent,
O God of justice, who tries hearts and minds. [PS 7:10]
I praise the justice of the LORD; I celebrate the name of the
LORD Most High. [PS 7:18]
It is God who governs the world with justice, who judges the
peoples with fairness. [PS 9:9]
The LORD is king forever; the nations have vanished from God's land. You listen, LORD, to the needs of the poor; you encourage them and hear their prayers. You win justice for the orphaned and oppressed; no one on earth will cause terror again. [PS 10:16-18]
Hear, LORD, my plea for justice; pay heed
to my cry; Listen to my prayer spoken without guile. [PS 17:1]
They will receive blessings from the LORD, and justice from
their saving God. [PS 24:5]
Grant me justice, LORD! I have walked without
blame. In the LORD I have trusted; I have not faltered. [PS 26:1]
In you, LORD, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. In your justice deliver me; incline your ear to me; make haste to rescue me!
Be my rock of refuge, a stronghold to save me. [PS 31:2-3]
The LORD loves justice and right and fills the earth with
goodness. [PS 33:5]
Put to shame and confound all who relish my misfortune. Clothe with shame and disgrace those who lord it over me. But let those who favor my just cause shout for joy and be glad. May they ever say, "Exalted be the LORD who delights in the peace of his loyal
servant." Then my tongue shall recount your justice, declare your praise, all the day long. [PS 35:26-28]
Your justice is like the highest mountains; your judgments,
like the mighty deep; all living creatures you sustain, LORD. [PS
36:7]
For the LORD loves justice and does not abandon the faithful.
When the unjust are destroyed, and the children of the wicked cut off, The just will possess the land and live in it forever. [PS 37:28-29]
Grant me justice, God; defend me from a faithless people;
from the deceitful and unjust rescue me. [PS 43:1]
In the cause of truth and justice may your right hand show you
wondrous deeds. [PS 45:5]
Your throne, O god, stands forever; your royal scepter is a
scepter for justice. You love justice and hate wrongdoing; therefore God, your God,
has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellow kings.
[PS 45:7-8]
The heavens proclaim divine justice, for God alone is the
judge. [Taken from PS 50:6]
You answer us with awesome deeds of justice, O God our
savior, The hope of all the ends of the earth and of far distant
islands. [PS 65:6]
In your justice rescue and deliver me; listen to me and save
me! [PS 71:2]
I will speak of the mighty works of the Lord; O GOD, I will
tell of your singular justice. [PS 71:16]
Now that I am old and gray, do not forsake me, God, That I may proclaim your might to all generations yet to come, Your power and justice, God, to the highest heaven. You have done great things; O God, who is your equal? [PS 71:18-19]
Yes, my tongue shall recount your justice day by day. For those
who sought my ruin will have been shamed and disgraced. [PS 71:24]
O God, give your judgment to the king; your justice to the son of kings; That he may govern your people with justice, your oppressed with right judgment, That the mountains may yield their bounty for the people, and the hills great abundance, That he may defend the oppressed among the people, save the poor and crush the oppressor. [PS 72:2-4]
Defend the lowly and fatherless; render justice to the
afflicted and needy. [PS 82:3]
I will listen for the word of God; surely the LORD will proclaim peace To his people, to the faithful, to those who trust in him. Near indeed is salvation for the loyal; prosperity will fill our land. Love and truth will meet; justice and peace will kiss. Truth will spring from the earth; justice will look down from heaven. The LORD will surely grant abundance; our land will yield its increase. [PS 85:9-13]
Justice and judgment are the foundation of your throne; love
and loyalty march before you. [PS 89:15]
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it resound; let the plains be joyful and all that is in them. Then let all the trees of the forest rejoice before the LORD who comes,
who comes to govern the earth, To govern the world with justice
and the peoples with faithfulness. [PS 96:11-13]
Cloud and darkness surround the Lord; justice and right are the
foundation of his throne. [PS 97:2]
The heavens proclaim God's justice; all peoples see his glory.
[PS 97:6]
Let the sea and what fills it resound, the world and those who dwell there. Let the rivers clap their hands, the mountains shout with them for joy, Before the LORD who comes, who comes to govern the earth, To govern the world with justice and the peoples with fairness. [PS 98:7-9]
O mighty king, lover of justice, you alone have established
fairness; you have created just rule in Jacob. [PS 99:4]
I sing of love and justice; to you, LORD, I
sing praise. [PS 101:1]
The LORD does righteous deeds, brings justice to all the
oppressed. [PS 103:6]
All goes well for those gracious in lending, who conduct their
affairs with justice. [PS 112:5]
See how I long for your precepts; in your justice give me life.
[PS 119:40]
My eyes long to see your salvation and the justice of your
promise. [PS 119:123]
You are righteous, LORD, and just are your edicts. You have issued your decrees in justice and in surpassing faithfulness. I am consumed with rage, because my foes forget your words. Your servant loves your promise; it has been proved by fire. Though belittled and despised, I do not forget your precepts. Your justice is forever right, your teaching forever true. Though distress and
anguish come upon me, your commands are my delight. Your decrees are forever just; give me discernment that I may live.
[PS 119:137-144]
I rejoiced when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD." And now our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem. Jerusalem, built as a city, walled round about. Here the tribes have come, the tribes of the LORD, As it was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. Here are the thrones of justice, the thrones of the house of David. [PS 122:1-5]
"Arise, LORD, come to your resting place, you and your majestic ark. Your priests will be clothed with justice; your faithful will shout for joy." For the sake of David your servant, do not reject your anointed. [PS 132:8-10]
For I know the LORD will secure justice for the needy, their
rights for the poor. [PS 140:13]
LORD, hear my prayer; in your faithfulness
listen to my pleading; answer me in your justice. [PS 143:1]
For your name's sake, LORD, give me life; in your justice lead
me out of distress. [PS 143:11]
Great is the LORD and worthy of high praise; God's grandeur is beyond understanding. One generation praises your deeds to the next and proclaims your mighty works. They speak of the splendor of your majestic glory, tell of your wonderful deeds. They speak of your fearsome power and attest to your great deeds. They publish the renown of your abounding goodness and joyfully sing of your justice.
[PS 145:3-7]
The maker of heaven and earth, the seas and all that is in them, Who keeps faith forever, secures justice for the oppressed, gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free; the LORD gives sight to the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. [PS 146:6-8]
My son, if you receive my words and treasure my commands, Turning your ear to wisdom, inclining your heart to understanding;
Yes, if you call to intelligence, and to understanding raise your voice; If you seek her like silver, and like hidden treasures search her out: Then will you understand the fear of the LORD; the knowledge of God you will find; For the LORD gives wisdom, from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; He has counsel in store for the upright, he is the shield of those who walk honestly, Guarding the paths of justice, protecting the way of his pious ones. Then you will understand rectitude and justice, honesty, every good path; For wisdom will enter your heart, knowledge will please your soul,
Discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you;
Saving you from the way of evil men, from men of perverse speech,
Who leave the straight paths to walk in the way of darkness, Who delight in doing evil, rejoice in perversity
[Taken from PROV 2:1-14]
"I, Wisdom, dwell with experience, and judicious knowledge I attain. (The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;) Pride, arrogance, the evil way,
and the perverse mouth I hate. Mine are counsel and advice; Mine is strength; I am understanding. By me kings reign, and lawgivers establish justice; By me princes govern, and nobles; all the rulers of earth.
Those who love me I also love, and those who seek me find me. With me are riches and honor, enduring wealth and prosperity.
My fruit is better than gold, yes, than pure gold, and my revenue than choice silver. On the way of duty I walk, along the paths of justice, Granting wealth to those who love me, and filling their treasuries." [PROV 8:12-21]
In the path of justice there is life, but the abominable way
leads to death. [PROV 12:28]
The wicked man accepts a concealed bribe to pervert the course
of justice. [PROV 17:23]
An unprincipled witness perverts justice, and the mouth of the
wicked pours out iniquity. [PROV 19:28]
When a man walks in integrity and justice, happy are his
children after him! [PROV 20:7]
Kindness and piety safeguard the king, and he upholds his
throne by justice. [PROV 20:28]
To practice justice is a joy for the just, but terror for
evildoers. [PROV 21:15]
He who pursues justice and kindness will find life and honor. [PROV
21:21]
Evil men understand nothing of justice, but those who seek the
LORD understand all. [PROV 28:5]
By justice a king gives stability to the land; but he who
imposes heavy taxes ruins it. [PROV 29:4]
And still under the sun in the judgment place I saw wickedness, and in the seat of justice, iniquity. And I said to myself, both the just and the wicked God will judge, since there is a time for every affair and on every work a judgment. [ECCL
3:16-17]
If you see oppression of the poor, and violation of rights and
justice in the realm, do not be shocked by the fact, for the high
official has another higher than he watching him and above these
are others higher still [Taken from ECCL 5:7]
I have seen all manner of things in my vain days: a just man
perishing in his justice, and a wicked one surviving in his
wickedness. [ECCL 7:15]
Love justice, you who judge the earth; think of the LORD in goodness, and seek him in integrity of heart; Because he is found by those who test him not, and he manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him. [WISDOM 1:1-2]
Because God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. For he fashioned all things that they might have being; and the creatures of the world are wholesome, And there is not a destructive drug among them nor any domain of the nether world on earth, For justice is undying. [WISDOM 1:13-15]
But let our strength be our norm of justice; for weakness
proves itself useless. [WISDOM 2:11]
But the wicked shall receive a punishment to match their
thoughts, since they neglected justice and forsook the LORD.
[WISDOM 3:10]
We, then, have strayed from the way of truth, and the light of
justice did not shine for us, and the sun did not rise for us.
[WISDOM 5:6]
But the just live forever, and in the LORD is their recompense, and the thought of them is with the Most High. Therefore shall they receive the splendid crown, the beauteous diadem, from the hand of the
LORD - For he shall shelter them with his right hand, and protect them with his arm. He shall take his zeal for armor and he shall arm creation to requite the enemy; He shall don justice for a breastplate
and shall wear sure judgment for a helmet; He shall take invincible rectitude as a shield and whet his sudden anger for a sword, And the universe shall war with him against the foolhardy. [WISDOM
5:15-20]
Or if one loves justice, the fruits of her works are virtues;
For she teaches moderation and prudence, justice and fortitude,
and nothing in life is more useful for men than these. [WISDOM
8:7]
God of my fathers, LORD of mercy. you who have made all things by your word And in your wisdom have established man to rule the creatures produced by you, To govern the world in holiness and justice, and to render judgment in integrity of heart: Give me Wisdom, the attendant at your throne, and reject me not from among your children; For I am your servant, the son of your handmaid, a man weak and short-lived and lacking in comprehension of judgment and of laws. [WISDOM 9:1-5]
But as you are just, you govern all things justly; you regard it as unworthy of your power to punish one who has incurred no blame.
For your might is the source of justice; your mastery over all things makes you lenient to all. [WISDOM 12:15-16]
For blest is the wood through which justice comes about [Taken
from WISDOM 14:7]
But on both counts shall justice overtake them: because they
thought ill of God and devoted themselves to idols, and because
they deliberately swore false oaths, despising piety. [WISDOM
14:30]
But you, our God, are good and true, slow to anger, and governing all with mercy. For even if we sin, we are yours, and know your might; but we will not sin, knowing that we belong to you. For to know you well is complete justice, and to know your might is the root of immortality. [WISDOM 15:1-3]
Deliver the oppressed from the hand of the oppressor; let not
justice be repugnant to you. [SIRACH 4:9]
Parade not your justice before the Lord, and before the king
flaunt not your wisdom. [SIRACH 7:5]
Prayer from a poor man's lips is heard at once, and justice is
quickly granted him. [SIRACH 21:5]
These two bring grief to my heart, and the third arouses my
horror: A wealthy man reduced to want; illustrious men held in
contempt; And the man who passes from justice to sin, for whom the
LORD makes ready the sword. [SIRACH 26:19]
If you strive after justice you will attain it, and put it on
like a splendid robe. [SIRACH 27:8]
For he is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. [SIRACH
35:12]
But goodness will never be cut off, and justice endures
forever. Wealth or wages can make life sweet, but better than
either is finding a treasure. [SIRACH 40:17]
And now bless the LORD who has crowned you with glory! May he
grant you wisdom of heart to govern his people in justice, Lest
their welfare should ever be forgotten, or your authority,
throughout all time. [SIRACH 45:26]
Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged, hear the orphan's plea, defend the widow. [ISA 1:16-17]
I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as
in the beginning; After that you shall be called city of justice,
faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed by judgment, and her repentant ones by
justice. [ISA 1:26-27]
The vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and
the men of Judah are his cherished plant; He looked for judgment,
but see, bloodshed! for justice, but hark, the outcry! [ISA 5:7]
But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted by his judgment, and God
the Holy shall be shown holy by his justice. [ISA 5:16]
His dominion is vast and forever peaceful, From David's throne,
and over his kingdom, which he confirms and sustains By judgment
and justice, both now and forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts
will do this! [ISA 9:6]
For though your people, O Israel, were like the sand of the
sea, Only a remnant of them will return; their destruction is
decreed as overwhelming justice demands. [ISA 10:22]
But a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, A spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the LORD, and his delight shall be the fear of the LORD. Not by appearance shall he judge, nor by hearsay shall he decide, But he shall judge the poor with justice, and decide aright for the land's afflicted. He shall strike the ruthless with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked. Justice shall be the band around his waist,
and faithfulness a belt upon his hips. [ISA 11:1-5]
A throne shall be set up in mercy, and on it shall sit in
fidelity (in David's tent) A judge upholding right and prompt to
do justice. [ISA 16:5]
My soul yearns for you in the night, yes, my spirit within me
keeps vigil for you; When your judgment dawns upon the earth, the
world's inhabitants learn justice. [ISA 26:9]
The wicked man, spared, does not learn justice; in an upright
land he acts perversely, and sees not the majesty of the LORD.
[ISA 26:10]
On that day the LORD of hosts will be a glorious crown And a brilliant diadem to the remnant of his people, A spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, And strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate. [ISA 28:5-6]
Yet the LORD is waiting to show you favor, and he rises to pity
you; For the LORD is a God of justice: blessed are all who wait
for him! [ISA 30:18]
Until the spirit from on high is poured out on us. Then will the desert become an orchard and the orchard be regarded as a forest. Right will dwell in the desert and justice abide in the orchard. Justice will bring about peace; right will produce calm and security. My people will live in peaceful country, in secure dwellings and quiet resting places. [ISA 32:15-18]
The LORD is exalted, enthroned on high; he fills Zion with
right and justice. [ISA 33:5]
Keep silence before me, O coastlands; you peoples, wait for my words! Let them draw near and speak; let us come together for judgment. Who has stirred up from the East the champion of justice,
and summoned him to be his attendant? To him he delivers the nations and subdues the kings; With his sword he reduces them to dust, with his bow, to driven straw. [ISA 41:1-2]
Fear not, I am with you; be not dismayed; I am your God. I will
strengthen you, and help you, and uphold you with my right hand of
justice. [ISA 41:10]
Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, Not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street. A bruised reed he shall not break, and a smoldering wick he shall not quench, Until he establishes justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait for his teaching. [ISA 42:1-4]
Thus says God, the LORD, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spreads out the earth with its crops, Who gives breath to its people and spirit to those who walk on it: I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the hand; I formed you, and set you as a covenant of the people, a light for the nations, To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness. [ISA 42:5-7]
Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above, like
gentle rain let the skies drop it down. Let the earth open and
salvation bud forth; let justice also spring up! I, the LORD, have
created this. [ISA 45:8]
It was I who stirred up one for the triumph of justice; all his
ways I make level. He shall rebuild my city and let my exiles go
free Without price or ransom, says the LORD of hosts. [ISA 45:13]
I have not spoken from hiding nor from some dark place of the
earth, And I have not said to the descendants of Jacob, "Look
for me in an empty waste." I, the LORD, promise justice, I
foretell what is right. [ISA 45:19]
Listen to me, you fainthearted, you who seem far from the
victory of justice: I am bringing on my justice, it is not far off, my salvation
shall not tarry; I will put salvation within Zion, and give to
Israel my glory. [ISA 46:12-13]
Hear this, O house of Jacob called by the name Israel, sprung from the stock of Judah, You who swear by the name of the LORD and invoke the God of Israel without sincerity or justice, Though you are named after the holy city and rely on the God of Israel, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
[ISA 48:1-2]
Listen to me, you who pursue justice, who seek the LORD; Look to the rock from which you were hewn, to the pit from which you were quarried; Look to Abraham, your father, and to Sarah, who gave you birth; When he was but one I called him, I blessed him and made him many. Yes, the LORD shall comfort Zion and have pity on all her ruins; Her deserts he shall make like Eden, her wasteland like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness shall be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of song. Be attentive to me, my people; my folk, give ear to me. For law shall go forth from my presence, and my judgment, as the light of the peoples. I will make my justice come speedily; my salvation shall go forth (and my arm shall judge the nations); In me shall the coastlands hope, and my arm they shall await. Raise your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; Though the heavens grow thin like smoke, the earth wears out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies, My salvation shall remain forever and my justice shall never be
dismayed. Hear me, you who know justice, you people who have my teaching at heart: Fear not the reproach of men, be not dismayed at their
revilings. They shall be like a garment eaten by moths, like wool consumed by grubs; But my justice shall remain forever and my salvation, for all generations.
[ISA 51:1-8]
All your sons shall be taught by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. In justice shall you be established, far from the fear of oppression, where destruction cannot come near you. [ISA 54:13-14]
Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just; for
my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.
[ISA 56:1]
Of whom were you afraid? Whom did you fear, that you became false And did not remember me or give me any thought? Was I to remain silent and unseeing, so that you would not have me to fear?
I will expose your justice and your works; They shall not help you when you cry out, nor save you in your distress. All these the wind shall carry off, the breeze shall bear away; But he who takes refuge in me shall inherit the land, and possess my holy mountain. [ISA 57:11-13]
Their feet run to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood;
Their thoughts are destructive thoughts, plunder and ruin are on their highways. The way of peace they know not, and there is nothing that is right in their paths; Their ways they have made crooked, whoever treads them knows no peace. That is why right is far from us and justice does not reach us. We look for light, and lo, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom! [ISA 59:7-9]
For our offenses before you are many, our sins bear witness against us. Yes, our offenses are present to us, and our crimes we know:
Transgressing, and denying the LORD, turning back from following our God, Threatening outrage, and apostasy, uttering words of falsehood the heart has conceived. Right is repelled, and justice stands far off; For truth stumbles in the public square, uprightness cannot enter. Honesty is lacking, and the man who turns from evil is despoiled. The LORD saw this, and was aggrieved that right did not exist. He saw that there was no one, and was appalled that there was none to intervene; So his own arm brought about the victory, and his justice lent him its support. He put on justice as his breastplate,
salvation, as the helmet on his head; He clothed himself with garments of vengeance, wrapped himself in a mantle of zeal. He repays his enemies their deserts, and requites his foes with wrath.
[ISA 59:12-18]
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly, to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, To announce a year of favor from the LORD and a day of vindication by our God, to comfort all who mourn; To place on those who mourn in Zion a diadem instead of ashes, To give them oil of gladness in place of mourning, a glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit. They will be called oaks of justice,
planted by the LORD to show his glory. [ISA 61:1-3]
For I, the LORD, love what is right, I hate robbery and injustice; I will give them their recompense faithfully, a lasting covenant I will make with them. Their descendants shall be renowned among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; All who see them shall acknowledge them as a race the LORD has blessed. I rejoice heartily in the LORD, in my God is the joy of my soul; For he has clothed me with a robe of salvation, and wrapped me in a mantle of justice, Like a bridegroom adorned with a diadem, like a bride bedecked with her jewels. As the earth brings forth its plants, and a garden makes its growth spring up, So will the Lord GOD make justice and praise spring up before all the nations.
[ISA 61:8-11]
If you wish to return, O Israel, says the LORD, return to me. If you put your detestable things out of my sight, and do not stray, Then you can swear, "As the LORD lives," in truth, in judgment, and in justice; Then shall the nations use his name in blessing, and glory in him. [JER 4:1-2]
Thus says the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor the strong man glory in his strength, nor the rich man glory in his riches; But rather, let him who glories, glory in this, that in his prudence he knows me, Knows that I, the LORD, bring about
kindness, justice and uprightness on the earth; For with such am I pleased, says the LORD. [JER 9:22-23]
O house of David! Thus says the LORD: Each morning dispense
justice, rescue the oppressed from the hand of the oppressor, Lest
my fury break out like fire which burns without being quenched,
because of the evil of your deeds. [JER 21:12]
Because he dispensed justice to the weak and the poor, it went
well with him. Is this not true knowledge of me? says the LORD. [JER
22:16]
Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David; As king he shall reign and govern wisely,
he shall do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah shall be saved, Israel shall dwell in security. This is the name they give him: "The LORD our justice." [JER 23:5-6]
Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: When I change
their lot in the land of Judah and her cities, they shall again
repeat this greeting: "May the LORD bless you, holy mountain,
abode of justice!" [JER 31:23]
In those days Judah shall be safe and Jerusalem shall dwell
secure; this is what they shall call her: "The LORD our
justice." [JER 33:16]
You see, O LORD, how I am wronged; do me justice! [LAM 3:59]
Pray for us also to the LORD, our God; for we have sinned against the LORD, our God, and the wrath and anger of the LORD have not yet been withdrawn from us at the present day. And read out publicly this scroll which we send you, in the house of the LORD, on the feast day and during the days of assembly: "Justice is with the LORD, our God; and we today are flushed with shame, we men of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem, that we, with our kings and rulers and priests and prophets, and with our fathers, have sinned in the LORD'S sight and disobeyed him. We have neither heeded the voice of the LORD, our God, nor followed the precepts which the LORD set before us. From the time the LORD led our fathers out of the land of Egypt until the present day, we have been disobedient to the LORD, our God, and only too ready to disregard his voice. And the evils and the curse which the LORD enjoined upon Moses, his servant, at the time he led our fathers forth from the land of Egypt to give us the land flowing with milk and honey, cling to us even today. For we did not heed the voice of the LORD, our God, in all the words of the prophets whom he sent us, but each one of us went off after the devices of our own wicked hearts, served other gods, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, our God."
[BARUCH 1:13-22]
Let no one gloat over me, a widow, bereft of many: For the sins of my children I am left desolate, because they turned from the law of God, and did not acknowledge his statutes; In the ways of God's commandments they did not walk, nor did they tread the disciplined paths of his justice. [BARUCH 4:12-13]
Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of glory from God forever: Wrapped in the cloak of justice from God, bear on your head the mitre that displays the glory of the eternal name. For God will show all the earth your splendor: you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God's worship. [BARUCH 5:1-4]
For God is leading Israel in joy by the light of his glory,
with his mercy and justice for company. [BARUCH 5:9]
The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they afflict the poor and the needy, and oppress the resident alien without justice. Thus I have searched among them for someone who could build a wall or stand in the breach before me to keep me from destroying the land; but I found no one. Therefore I have poured out my fury upon them; with my fiery wrath I have consumed them; I have brought down their conduct upon their heads, says the Lord GOD. [EZEK
22:29-31]
Justice, O Lord, is on your side; we are shamefaced even to
this day: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all
Israel, near and far, in all the countries to which you have
scattered them because of their treachery toward you. [DAN 9:7]
"Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and for your
holy city: Then transgression will stop and sin will end, guilt
will be expiated, Everlasting justice will be introduced, vision
and prophecy ratified, and a most holy will be anointed." [DAN
9:24]
"At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people; It shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since nations began until that time. At that time your people shall escape,
everyone who is found written in the book. Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some shall live forever,
others shall be an everlasting horror and disgrace. But the wise shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament, And those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever." [DAN 12:1-3]
I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy; I will espouse you in fidelity, and you shall know the LORD. [HOSEA 2:21-22]
Israel is a luxuriant vine whose fruit matches its growth. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built; The more productive his land, the more sacred pillars he set up. Their heart is false, now they pay for their guilt; God shall break down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars. If they would say, "We have no
king" - Since they do not fear the LORD, what can the king do for them? Nothing but make promises, swear false oaths, and make alliances, While justice grows wild like wormwood in a plowed field! [HOSEA 10:1-4]
"Sow for yourselves justice, reap the fruit of piety;
Break up for yourselves a new field, for it is time to seek the
LORD, till he come and rain down justice upon you." [HOSEA
10:12]
And do you, O children of Zion, exult and rejoice in the LORD,
your God! He has given you the teacher of justice: he has made the
rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as before.
[JOEL 2:23]
Woe to those who turn judgment to wormwood and cast justice to
the ground! [AMOS 5:7]
Hate evil and love good, and let justice prevail at the gate;
Then it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will have pity on
the remnant of Joseph. [AMOS 5:15]
Can horses run across a cliff? or can one plow the sea with
oxen? Yet you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of
justice into wormwood. [AMOS 6:12]
The wrath of the LORD I will endure because I have sinned
against him, Until he takes up my cause, and establishes my right.
He will bring me forth to the light; I will see his justice.
[MICAH 7:9]
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth, who have observed
his law; Seek justice, seek humility; perhaps you may be sheltered
on the day of the LORD'S anger. [ZEPH 2:3]
I will bring them back to dwell within Jerusalem. They shall be
my people, and I will be their God, with faithfulness and justice.
[ZECH 8:8]
But for you who fear my name, there will arise the sun of justice with its healing rays; And you will gambol like calves out of the stall
and tread down the wicked; They will become ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day I take action, says the LORD of hosts. [MAL 3:20-21]
When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. Many (people) followed him, and he cured them all, but he warned them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet: "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not contend
or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory. And in his name the Gentiles will
hope." [MT 12:15-21]
Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, "There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, 'Render a just decision for me against my adversary.' For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, 'While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.'" The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" [LK 18:1-8]
"In (his) humiliation justice was denied him. Who will
tell of his posterity? For his life is taken from the earth." [ACTS
8:33]
"For 'In him we live and move and have our being,' as even some of your poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.' Since therefore we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the divinity is like an image fashioned from gold, silver, or stone by human art and imagination. God has overlooked the times of ignorance, but now he demands that all people everywhere repent because he has established a day on which he will 'judge the world with justice' through a man he has appointed, and he has provided confirmation for all by raising him from the dead."
[ACTS 17:28-31]
Of the angels he says: "He makes his angels winds and his ministers a fiery flame"; but of the Son: "Your throne, O God,
stands forever and ever; and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom.
You loved justice and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, anointed you with the oil of gladness above your
companions" and: "At the beginning, O Lord, you established the earth, and the heavens are the works of your hands. They will perish, but you remain; and they will all grow old like a garment. You will roll them up like a cloak, and like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end." [HEB
1:7-12]
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