Quotes About Injustice

for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland.

They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.

For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.

Why do you crush My people and grind the faces of the poor?” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

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

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long.

For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice.

“But your eyes and heart are set on nothing except your own dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, on practicing extortion and oppression.”

Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.

You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”

You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.

Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!

Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.

So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.

But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

And even Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked Him. Dressing Him in a fine robe, they sent Him back to Pilate.