What Does the Bible Say About Injustice?

“Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.”

“Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.”

“Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. raise: or, receive”

“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: speak: Heb. answer”

“Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.”

“Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.”

“Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.”

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.”

“Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.”

“Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. weights: Heb. stones”

“Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. words: or, matters”

“That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. That which: Heb. Justice, justice”

“Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:”

“But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.”

“Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.”

“I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:”

“My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;”

“Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.”

“If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;”

“What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?”

“Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? did not one: or, did he not fashion us in one womb?”

“For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. puffeth: or, would ensnare him”

“Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. ungodly: or, unmerciful the deceitful: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity”

“How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.”

“When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.”

“He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.”

“He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. unjust: Heb. by increase”

“An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.”

“It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:”

“Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted . prevert: Heb. alter of any: Heb. of all the sons of affliction”

“Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. such: Heb. the sons of destruction”

“And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.”

“If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. at the: Heb. at the will, or, purpose”

“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. relieve: or, righten”

“Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.”

“Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.”

“For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. upon: Heb. for David upon his throne”

“But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.”

“To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,”

“To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, the most High: or, a superior”

“To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not. approveth not: or, seeth not”

“Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. pleasant: Heb. vineyards of desire”

“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. a bribe: or, a ransom”

“He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? walk: Heb. humble thyself to walk”

“The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. every: Heb. morning by morning”

“When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.”

“Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.”

“Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.”

“And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. Do violence: or, Put no man in fear wages: or, allowance”

“He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.”

“And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.”

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.”

“He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.”