177 verses contain “Justice” (in the KJV: 45, in the BSB: 153) — showing 101–177
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My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.
Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and
forsook not the
ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of
justice; they take delight in approaching to God.
For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not
forsake the
justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
No one calls for
justice; no one pleads his case
honestly. They
rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them
crooked paths:
whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
The way of peace they have not known, and there is no
justice in their tracks. They have turned them into
crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither
doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Therefore
justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in
gloom.
We
roar all like bears, and
mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
We all
growl like bears and
moan like doves. We hope for
justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
And judgment is turned away backward, and
justice standeth
afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and
equity cannot enter.
So
justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has
stumbled in the public square, and
honesty cannot enter.
Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
Truth is missing, and
whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no
justice.
For I the LORD love judgment, I
hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an
everlasting covenant with them.
And thou shalt
swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall
bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
and if you can
swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in
justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are
foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the
fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the
justice of their God.
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and
burst the bonds.
I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the
justice of their God.” But they too, with one
accord, had broken the yoke and
torn off the chains.
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
But let him who boasts
boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion,
justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
O house of David, thus saith the LORD;
Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is
spoiled out of the hand of the
oppressor, lest my
fury go out like fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘
Administer justice every morning, and
rescue the
victim of
robbery from the hand of his
oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to
extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
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.
This is what the LORD says:
Administer justice and righteousness.
Rescue the
victim of
robbery from the hand of his
oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
“
Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without
justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
Shalt thou reign, because thou closest
thyself in
cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and
justice, and then it was well with him?
Does it make you a king to
excel in
cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He administered
justice and righteousness, and so it went well with him.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and
prosper, and shall
execute judgment and
justice in the earth.
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will
administer justice and righteousness in the land.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD
bless thee, O
habitation of
justice, and mountain of
holiness.
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD
bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall
execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
In those days and at that time I will cause to
sprout for David a righteous Branch, and He will
administer justice and righteousness in the land.
All who found them
devoured them, and their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty, for they have
sinned against the LORD, their true pasture, the LORD, the hope of their fathers.’
To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
to deny a man justice before the Most High,
He that hath not given forth upon
usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
He does not
engage in
usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true
justice between men.
The people of the land have practiced
extortion and committed
robbery. They have
oppressed the poor and
needy and have exploited the foreign resident without
justice.
I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will
strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and
strengthen the weak; but the
sleek and strong I will destroy. I will
shepherd them with
justice.’
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and
spoil, and
execute judgment and
justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
And I will
betroth thee unto me for ever;
yea, I will
betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in
mercies.
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
But you must return to your God, maintaining love and justice, and always waiting on your God.
Ye who turn judgment to
wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
There are those who turn
justice into
wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
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.
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You
oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of
justice in the gate.
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be
gracious unto the
remnant of Joseph.
Hate evil and love good; establish
justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be
gracious to the
remnant of Joseph.”
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one
plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into
hemlock:
“Do horses
gallop on the cliffs? Does one
plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned
justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into
wormwood—
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his
transgression, and to Israel his sin.
As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with
justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his
transgression and to Israel his sin.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that
abhor judgment, and
pervert all
equity.
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who
despise justice and
pervert all that is right,
I will bear the
indignation of the LORD, because I have
sinned against him, until he
plead my cause, and
execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
Because I have
sinned against Him, I must
endure the
rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes
justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.
Therefore the law is
slacked, and judgment
doth never go forth: for the wicked
doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
Therefore the law is
paralyzed, and
justice never goes forth. For the wicked
hem in the righteous, so that
justice is
perverted.
They are terrible and
dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves.
They are
dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive
justice and sovereignty.
Seek ye the LORD, all ye
meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek
meekness: it may be ye shall be
hid in the day of the LORD’S anger.
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His
justice. Seek righteousness; seek
humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
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.
The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His
justice morning by morning; He does not fail at
dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying,
Execute true judgment, and
shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘
Administer true
justice. Show loving devotion and
compassion to one another.
Ye have
wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we
wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
You have
wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we
wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of
justice?”
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that
oppress the
hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who
defraud laborers of their wages and deny
justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall
shew judgment to the Gentiles.
“Here is My Servant, whom I have chosen, My beloved, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will
proclaim justice to the nations.
A
bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not
quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
Woe unto you,
scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of
mint and
anise and
cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Woe to you,
scribes and
Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay
tithes of
mint,
dill, and
cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law:
justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being
baptized with the baptism of John.
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
But
woe unto you,
Pharisees! for ye
tithe mint and
rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Woe to you
Pharisees! You pay
tithes of
mint,
rue, and every
herb, but you disregard
justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying,
Avenge me of mine
adversary.
And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me
justice against my
adversary.’
Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will
avenge her, lest by her continual coming she
weary me.
yet because this widow keeps
pestering me, I will give her
justice. Then she will stop wearing me out with her perpetual requests.’”
And shall not God
avenge his own
elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Will not God bring about
justice for His
elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to
defer their help?
I tell you that he will
avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
I tell you, He will
promptly carry out
justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
In his
humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
In His
humiliation He was deprived of
justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained;
whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
For He has set a day when He will judge the world with
justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to
everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
And when the barbarians saw the
venomous beast
hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet
vengeance suffereth not to live.
When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a
sceptre of righteousness is the
sceptre of thy kingdom.
But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures
forever and ever, and
justice is the
scepter of Your kingdom.
Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,
And thou,
Esdras, according to the wisdom of God
ordain judges and
justices, that they may judge in all Syria and Phenice all those that know the law of thy God; and those that know it not thou shalt teach.
I
Tobit have walked all the days of my life in the ways of truth and
justice, and I did many almsdeeds to my brethren, and my nation, who came with me to Nineve, into the land of the Assyrians.
If ye turn to him with your whole heart, and with your whole mind, and deal uprightly before him, then will he turn unto you, and will not hide his face from you. Therefore see what he will do with you, and
confess him with your whole mouth, and praise the Lord of might, and
extol the
everlasting King. In the land of my captivity do I praise him, and declare his might and majesty to a sinful nation. O ye sinners, turn and do
justice before him: who can tell if he will accept you, and have mercy on you?
So shall all nations praise the Lord, and his people shall
confess God, and the Lord shall
exalt his people; and all those which love the Lord God in truth and
justice shall
rejoice,
shewing mercy to our brethren.
And take not only
thankfulness away from among men, but also lifted up with the glorious words of
lewd persons, that were never good, they think to escape the
justice of God, that
seeth all things and hateth evil.
Let our strength be the law of justice: for that which is feeble is found to be nothing worth.
And if a man love righteousness her labours are virtues: for she teacheth
temperance and
prudence,
justice and
fortitude: which are such things, as men can have nothing more profitable in their life.
Who can declare the works of his
justice? or who can
endure them? for his covenant is
afar off, and the trial of all things is in the end.
They that fear the Lord shall find judgment, and shall
kindle justice as a light.
They shall not be sought for in publick counsel, nor sit high in the congregation: they shall not sit on the judges’ seat, nor understand the sentence of judgment: they cannot declare justice and judgment; and they shall not be found where parables are spoken.
Then many that sought after justice and judgment went down into the wilderness, to dwell there:
Then did there
assemble unto Alcimus and Bacchides a company of
scribes, to require
justice.
If therefore they
complain any more against thee, we will do them
justice, and fight with thee by sea and by land.
The people therefore
sang the acts of Simon, and unto what glory he thought to bring his nation, made him their governor and chief priest, because he had done all these things, and for the
justice and faith which he kept to his nation, and for that he sought by all means to
exalt his people.
Wherefore
Menelaus, taking
Andronicus apart, prayed, him to get Onias into his hands; who being persuaded
thereunto, and coming to Onias in
deceit, gave him his right hand with oaths; and though he were suspected by him, yet persuaded he him to come forth of the sanctuary: whom
forthwith he shut up without regard of
justice.
They that were fearful, and distrusted the justice of God, fled, and conveyed themselves away.
For Ptolemeus, that was called
Macron, choosing rather to do
justice unto the Jews for the wrong that had been done unto them, endeavoured to continue peace with them.