Bible on Justice

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment:

That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?

The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.

Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.

According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.

He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle.

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.

I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.

Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.

Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.

But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.

But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.

The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.

Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king’s manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.

Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. The Song of Solomon

Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?

O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.

And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.