Bible on Justice

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?

If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand?

There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.

The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way.

The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked.

For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous.

Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still,

Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.

Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants.

For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.

The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.

The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?

But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just?

The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long.

But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.

Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.

They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.

As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.