He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good: to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. Justice in Scripture is no abstraction; it is the defence of the fatherless, the widow, the stranger, and the poor, because justice and judgment are the habitation of God's throne. These passages set out what the Lord requires of us.
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? walk...: Heb. humble thyself to walk
See also: Deuteronomy 10:12 · Proverbs 21:3 · Colossians 3:12 · Jeremiah 22:3
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. run: Heb. roll
See also: Micah 6:8 · Jeremiah 22:3 · Proverbs 21:3 · Hosea 6:6
17 Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. relieve: or, righten
See also: Micah 6:8 · Jeremiah 22:3 · Psalms 82:3 · Proverbs 31:9
8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. such...: Heb. the sons of destruction 9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
See also: Psalms 82:3 · Isaiah 1:17 · Proverbs 24:11 · Leviticus 19:15
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. habitation: or, establishment
See also: Psalms 97:2 · Proverbs 16:12 · Psalms 45:6 · Psalms 85:13
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Defend: Heb. Judge 4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
See also: Proverbs 24:11 · James 1:27 · Psalms 10:18 · Jeremiah 22:3
9 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: Execute...: Heb. Judge judgment of truth 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
See also: Micah 6:8 · Psalms 82:2 · Proverbs 21:3 · Jeremiah 7:5
8 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.
See also: Psalms 11:7 · Jeremiah 9:24 · Zechariah 8:16 · Isaiah 55:3
3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
See also: 1 Samuel 15:22 · Hosea 6:6 · Proverbs 15:8 · Micah 6:6
3 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.
See also: Jeremiah 21:12 · Jeremiah 22:17 · Micah 6:8 · James 1:27
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. words: or, matters 20 That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. That which...: Heb. Justice, justice
See also: Leviticus 19:15 · Exodus 23:2 · Proverbs 17:23 · Deuteronomy 24:17
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: 8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
See also: Psalms 11:7 · Psalms 145:14 · Psalms 103:6 · Acts 26:18
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. anise: Gr. dill
See also: Luke 11:42 · Micah 6:8 · Hosea 6:6 · Matthew 9:13
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.
See also: Deuteronomy 32:35 · Hebrews 10:30 · Proverbs 24:29 · Proverbs 20:22
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.
See also: 2 Peter 3:9 · Lamentations 3:25 · Proverbs 16:20 · Isaiah 25:9