Bible on Justice

Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.

And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.

Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me.

Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.

I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.

Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

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.

God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.

The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.

For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

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.

So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.

But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.