Bible on Justice

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.

I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory.

I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.

The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous:

The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.

The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;

The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God.

The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations;

But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.

The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.

Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.

But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle.

They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s. Jonah

But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?

In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:

If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.

But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?