Quotes About Justice

I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.

Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.

Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”

“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: ëThe fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edgeí?

Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:

He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.

Now suppose that man has a violent son, who sheds blood or does any of these things,

He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.

He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his fatherís iniquity. He will surely live.

As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.

Yet you may ask, ëWhy shouldnít the son bear the iniquity of his father?í Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.

The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.

But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.

None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.

Yet you say, ëThe way of the Lord is not just.í Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.

Yet the house of Israel says, ëThe way of the Lord is not just.í Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?

As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.

I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.í I, the LORD, have spoken.”

And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.í

This is what the Lord GOD says: ëRemove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.