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What the Bible says about justice
The 10 verses readers most often turn to for this topic, quoted in full from the Berean Standard Bible.
Mic 6:8
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?Lev 19:15
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.Exod 23:1–3
“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd. And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.Deut 1:16–17
At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident. Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”Isa 1:17
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”Amos 5:24
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.Prov 21:15
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.Isa 30:18
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.Ps 33:5
The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.Isa 61:8
For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity; in My faithfulness I will give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them.These are the verses readers most often turn to for this topic — not a teaching on it. Read each in its chapter.
Sources
The verses of each topic and their order: OpenBible.info topical data, by readers’ votes: OpenBible.info · CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible · Public domain