What scripture says
Bible verses about justice
The God of the Bible loves justice and asks his people to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly. These passages speak of fairness, care for the poor and oppressed, and the promise that wrongs will one day be put right.
To do justly, and to love mercy
Micah 6:8
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Read it in its chapter →Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed
Isaiah 1:17
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Read it in its chapter →Let judgment run down as waters
Amos 5:24
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Read it in its chapter →Defend the poor and fatherless
Psalm 82:3
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Read it in its chapter →That which is altogether just
Deuteronomy 16:20
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
Read it in its chapter →It is joy to the just to do judgment
Proverbs 21:15
It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
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Hymns to sing
- Beneath The Cross Of JesusElizabeth Cecelia Douglas Clephane (1830–1869)
- Day of Wrath, O Day of MourningThomas of Celano (13th Century)
- How Firm A FoundationJohn Rippon (1751–1836)
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas DayHenry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882)
- Immortal, Invisible, God Only WiseWalter Chalmers Smith (1824–1908)
- Of The Father's Love BegottenAurelius Clemens Prudentius (348–413)