Quotes About Justice

Though I cry out, ëViolence!í I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.

Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?

If you say, ëLet us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,í

then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.”

His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.

He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.

He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.

For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has seized houses he did not build.

The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.

This is the wicked manís portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him.”

Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?

Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

It is said that God lays up oneís punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.

For you say, ëWhere now is the noblemanís house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?í

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?

Is not your wickedness great? Are not your iniquities endless?

For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.

You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.

The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.