Bible Verses About Injustice

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

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?

Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

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

Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

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

I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:

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

Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.

And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.

He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.

And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.

Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.

Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.