Quotes About Justice

But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.

Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.

The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.

Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—

For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.

For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.

Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and His arm establishes His rule. His reward is with Him, and His recompense accompanies Him.

Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?

Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.

You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.

“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.

“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.

A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.

He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”

The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.

But this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”

Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ëSeek Me in a wasteland.í I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Surely they will say of Me, ëIn the LORD alone are righteousness and strength.í” All who rage against Him will come to Him and be put to shame.

Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”