Quotes About Injustice

“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”

Then Jezebel wrote letters in Ahabís name, sealed them with his seal, and sent them to the elders and nobles who lived with Naboth in his city.

At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

About that time there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews.

So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.

how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.

They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,

O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,

They are crushed and beaten down; the hapless fall prey to his strength.

For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

Destruction is within; oppression and deceit never leave the streets.

No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.

For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.

Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

They devise injustice and say, “We have perfected a secret plan.” For the inner man and the heart are mysterious.

Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me—my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.