"Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.
Thus says the LORD, "Keep justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.
Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
We roar all like bears, and moan bitterly like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.
Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
"For I, the LORD, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by faith.
In the same way, wasn't Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
For, just as a vessel which a man uses is worth nothing when it is broken, so also it is with their gods; when they are set up in the temple, their eyes are full of dust through the feet of those who enter.
And, just as the doors are made secure on every side of him who offends the king, as one committed to suffer death, so also do the priests secure their temples with doors, with locks and bars, lest their gods be spoiled by robbers.
Better, therefore, is the just man who has no idols, for he shall be far from reproach.'"
and you shall swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in righteousness. The nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."
"Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
It will happen, when you say, 'Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?' Then you shall say to them, 'Just like you have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'
For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.
House of David, thus says the LORD, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
Thus says the LORD: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his rooms by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;
Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
Behold, the days come, says the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
'Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
Please return. Let there be no injustice. Yes, return again. My cause is righteous.
Is there injustice on my tongue? Can't my taste discern mischievous things?
Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
"Truly I know that it is so, but how can man be just with God?
If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'
"Shouldn't the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
I am like one who is a joke to his neighbor, I, who called on God, and he answered. The just, the blameless man is a joke.
"Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.
How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?
Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
he may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
Then the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled against Job. His wrath was kindled because he justified himself rather than God.
It is not the great who are wise, nor the aged who understand justice.
"Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just, for God is greater than man.
If you have anything to say, answer me. Speak, for I desire to justify you.
Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?--
"But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
We can't reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
"Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD, your God; for he gives you the former rain in just measure, and he causes the rain to come down for you, the former rain and the latter rain, as before.
he who says he remains in him ought himself also to walk just like he walked.
Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words. Not content with this, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and those who would, he forbids and throws out of the assembly.
They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, just like I have loved you; that you also love one another.
Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."
Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you. Only may the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses.
The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given me just one lot and one part for an inheritance, since I am a great people, because the LORD has blessed me so far?"
Gideon said to God, "Don't let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew."
Samson's wife wept before him, and said, "You just hate me, and don't love me. You have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and haven't told it me." He said to her, "Behold, I haven't told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell you?"
[It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.
"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.
He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord."
The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, just as it was told them.
When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.
Wisdom is justified by all her children."
When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and the love of God. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.
And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong."
Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."
You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'
I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don't fear me," says the LORD of Armies.
For she said, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be made well."
Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might touch just the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
They said to them just as Jesus had said, and they let them go.
that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her, and she will live."
for she said within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."
Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, most certainly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is justified by her children."
Then he told the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out; and it was restored whole, just like the other.
"Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.
He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.
For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."
and they begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment. As many as touched it were made whole.
Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.
The disciples went, and did just as Jesus commanded them,
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faith. But you ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
However you are just in all that is come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
If they blow just one, then the princes, the heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you.
each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.
to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity;
that he may guard the paths of justice, and preserve the way of his saints.
Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path.
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice;
The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice.
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.
To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
It is joy to the righteous to do justice; but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.
The righteous care about justice for the poor. The wicked aren't concerned about knowledge.
Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from the LORD.
lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the justice due to anyone who is afflicted.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of the LORD.
he will make your righteousness go forth as the light, and your justice as the noon day sun.
The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.
For the LORD loves justice, and doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
Against you, and you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight; that you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath.
They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.
God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
"How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?" Selah.
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.
Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, the LORD, I will sing praises.
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