Language
Exodus
23:6 -
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Exodus
23:7 -
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Deuteronomy
16:19 -
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.
Deuteronomy
24:17 -
Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:
Deuteronomy
32:4 -
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.
Proverbs
21:3 -
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Proverbs
21:15 -
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Isaiah
1:17 -
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isaiah
30:18 -
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Isaiah
56:1 -
Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
Jeremiah
9:24 -
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.
Ezekiel
18:8 -
He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,
Amos
5:15 -
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.
Micah
6:8 -
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?
Zechariah
7:9 -
Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
Matthew
5:6 -
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew
23:23 -
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.
Luke
18:7 -
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Luke
18:8 -
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
Acts
10:34 -
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
Acts
10:35 -
But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Romans
12:19 -
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Galatians
6:7 -
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Colossians
4:1 -
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
James
1:27 -
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
James
2:13 -
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
1 Peter
3:15 -
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: