1. Iniquity; wrong; any violation of another's rights, as fraud in contracts, or the withholding of what is due. It has a particular reference to an unequal distribution of rights, property or privileges among persons who have equal claims.
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Wrong Roget’s Thesaurus §923
N. wrong, what ought not to be, what should not be, # malum in se, unreasonableness, grievance, shame, injustice, tort, unfairness, iniquity, foul play, partiality, leaning, bias, favor, favoritism, nepotism, party spirit, partisanship, bigotry, undueness, wrongdoing (vice) 945, unlawfulness, robbing peter to pay paul, the wolf and the lamb, vice, "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance"
V. be wrong, cry to heaven for vengeance, do wrong, be inequitable, favor, lean towards, encroach upon, impose upon, reap where one has not sown, give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile, rob peter to pay paul
Adj. wrong, wrongful, bad, too bad, unjust, unfair, inequitable, unequitable, unequal, partial, one-sided, injurious, tortious, objectionable, unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable, improper, unfit, unjustified, illegal, iniquitous, immoral, in the wrong, in the wrong box
Adv. wrongly
Phr. it will not do
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2 KJV and 15 BSB verses contain “injustice”
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.
O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.
Better a little with righteousness than great gain with injustice.