Quotes About Justice

It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

There is an evil I have seen under the sun—an error that proceeds from the ruler:

I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot like slaves.

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.

Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”

See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.

Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.

I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”

Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—

the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

The LORD arises to contend; He stands to judge the people.

The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.

For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.

But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.

Lambs will graze as in their own pastures, and strangers will feed in the ruins of the wealthy.

who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,

to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.