This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
O house of David, this is what the LORD says: ‘Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from t
He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to wa
“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing ex
Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to
Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will no
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers
Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose l
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fathe
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fat
For if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling
A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.
Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you wil
If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnappe
But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotio
He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
They kill the widow and the foreigner; they murder the fatherless.
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the g
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to
‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets, “This man is not worthy of death, for he has spoken
They band together against the righteous and condemn the innocent to death.
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they l
You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.