Justice
doctrineGod's righteous standard for fairness and moral order — demanded and also provided by him.
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Anchor Scriptures 18 verses
“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”
Read in context →“That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
Read in context →“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?”
Read in context →“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
Read in context →“It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.”
Read in context →“Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.”
Read in context →“For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.”
Read in context →“But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.”
Read in context →“The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
Read in context →“And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
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