100 Bible Verses about Gods Justice

Micah 6:8 ESV / 219 helpful votes

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Isaiah 30:18 ESV / 216 helpful votes

Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.

Isaiah 1:17 ESV / 203 helpful votes

Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause.

Isaiah 61:8 ESV / 192 helpful votes

For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Romans 12:19 ESV / 174 helpful votes

Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

Psalm 33:5 ESV / 164 helpful votes

He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.

Amos 5:24 ESV / 163 helpful votes

But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Deuteronomy 32:4 ESV / 156 helpful votes

“The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Proverbs 21:15 ESV / 149 helpful votes

When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 ESV / 139 helpful votes

I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work.

Psalm 106:3 ESV / 138 helpful votes

Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

Zechariah 7:9 ESV / 134 helpful votes

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another,

Leviticus 19:15 ESV / 134 helpful votes

“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Proverbs 28:5 ESV / 119 helpful votes

Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

Psalm 37:27-29 ESV / 109 helpful votes

Turn away from evil and do good; so shall you dwell forever. For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off. The righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever.

Proverbs 21:3 ESV / 103 helpful votes

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Psalm 89:14 ESV / 101 helpful votes

Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; steadfast love and faithfulness go before you.

Matthew 23:23 ESV / 100 helpful votes

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Isaiah 56:1 ESV / 99 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my righteousness be revealed.

Psalm 140:12 ESV / 97 helpful votes

I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will execute justice for the needy.

Luke 18:1-8 ESV / 95 helpful votes

And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart. He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man. And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’” ...

Proverbs 29:7 ESV / 93 helpful votes

A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

Deuteronomy 16:20 ESV / 92 helpful votes

Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Galatians 6:7 ESV / 84 helpful votes

Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.

Proverbs 31:9 ESV / 84 helpful votes

Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Proverbs 24:24-25 ESV / 84 helpful votes

Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.

Hosea 12:6 ESV / 83 helpful votes

“So you, by the help of your God, return, hold fast to love and justice, and wait continually for your God.”

Luke 6:37 ESV / 78 helpful votes

“Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven;

Psalm 99:4 ESV / 77 helpful votes

The King in his might loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Romans 13:4 ESV / 76 helpful votes

For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God's wrath on the wrongdoer.

Psalm 103:6 ESV / 76 helpful votes

The Lord works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.

Isaiah 51:4-5 ESV / 75 helpful votes

“Give attention to me, my people, and give ear to me, my nation; for a law will go out from me, and I will set my justice for a light to the peoples. My righteousness draws near, my salvation has gone out, and my arms will judge the peoples; the coastlands hope for me, and for my arm they wait.

Proverbs 18:5 ESV / 75 helpful votes

It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the righteous of justice.

Deuteronomy 27:19 ESV / 75 helpful votes

“‘Cursed be anyone who perverts the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Jeremiah 22:3 ESV / 74 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the resident alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

Luke 11:42 ESV / 72 helpful votes

“But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.

Romans 3:23 ESV / 71 helpful votes

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Matthew 12:18 ESV / 70 helpful votes

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

Colossians 3:25 ESV / 69 helpful votes

For the wrongdoer will be paid back for the wrong he has done, and there is no partiality.

Job 34:12 ESV / 68 helpful votes

Of a truth, God will not do wickedly, and the Almighty will not pervert justice.

2 Chronicles 19:7 ESV / 66 helpful votes

Now then, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Be careful what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality or taking bribes.”

Psalm 82:3 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.

Job 8:3 ESV / 65 helpful votes

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

Hebrews 10:30 ESV / 64 helpful votes

For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Romans 6:23 ESV / 62 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Exodus 23:6 ESV / 62 helpful votes

“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit.

Isaiah 9:7 ESV / 60 helpful votes

Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Isaiah 45:21 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.

Proverbs 25:26 ESV / 58 helpful votes

Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

Jeremiah 23:5 ESV / 57 helpful votes

“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Isaiah 61:8-9 ESV / 57 helpful votes

For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.

Job 37:23 ESV / 56 helpful votes

The Almighty—we cannot find him; he is great in power; justice and abundant righteousness he will not violate.

Deuteronomy 10:18 ESV / 56 helpful votes

He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the sojourner, giving him food and clothing.

Romans 3:26 ESV / 55 helpful votes

It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Isaiah 30:18-19 ESV / 54 helpful votes

Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him. For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.

Job 12:22 ESV / 54 helpful votes

He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.

Matthew 7:12 ESV / 53 helpful votes

“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.

Zechariah 7:9-10 ESV / 53 helpful votes

“Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart.”

Matthew 5:38-39 ESV / 52 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Amos 5:7 ESV / 52 helpful votes

O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!

Isaiah 61:1-11 ESV / 51 helpful votes

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified. They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks; foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers; ...

Ecclesiastes 5:8 ESV / 51 helpful votes

If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them.

Genesis 18:19 ESV / 51 helpful votes

For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.”

James 1:27 ESV / 49 helpful votes

Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 ESV / 49 helpful votes

Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.

Psalm 50:6 ESV / 48 helpful votes

The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah

Revelation 11:18 ESV / 47 helpful votes

The nations raged, but your wrath came, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints, and those who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth.”

Amos 5:15 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Psalm 58:11 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Mankind will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”

Jeremiah 9:24 ESV / 45 helpful votes

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

John 3:16 ESV / 44 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

2 Samuel 15:4 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Then Absalom would say, “Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice.”

Jeremiah 9:23-24 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

Psalm 37:28 ESV / 43 helpful votes

For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

Proverbs 31:8-9 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Proverbs 17:15 ESV / 42 helpful votes

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Psalm 7:11 ESV / 42 helpful votes

God is a righteous judge, and a God who feels indignation every day.

1 Peter 1:17 ESV / 41 helpful votes

And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one's deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,

Psalm 101:1 ESV / 41 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music.

Romans 2:11 ESV / 40 helpful votes

For God shows no partiality.

Isaiah 5:23 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!

John 3:16-17 ESV / 39 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Genesis 18:23-25 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Then Abraham drew near and said, “Will you indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it? Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Genesis 2:17 ESV / 39 helpful votes

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Luke 4:18-19 ESV / 38 helpful votes

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor.”

Luke 1:37 ESV / 37 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Deuteronomy 24:17 ESV / 37 helpful votes

“You shall not pervert the justice due to the sojourner or to the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge,

1 Peter 4:17 ESV / 36 helpful votes

For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

Hebrews 13:8 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Exodus 23:3 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his lawsuit.

1 John 4:8 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

Isaiah 10:1-2 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Woe to those who decree iniquitous decrees, and the writers who keep writing oppression, to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!

Proverbs 17:23 ESV / 31 helpful votes

The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

Leviticus 10:1-7 ESV / 28 helpful votes

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron held his peace. And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near; carry your brothers away from the front of the sanctuary and out of the camp.” So they came near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said. ...

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 26 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Acts 10:34-35 ESV / 26 helpful votes

So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.

Revelation 19:11 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

Isaiah 56:1-12 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord: “Keep justice, and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come, and my righteousness be revealed. Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, “The Lord will surely separate me from his people”; and let not the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.” For thus says the Lord: “To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths, who choose the things that please me and hold fast my covenant, I will give in my house and within my walls a monument and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that shall not be cut off. ...

Isaiah 42:1-9 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street; a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice. He will not grow faint or be discouraged till he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his law. Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: ...

Matthew 5:6 ESV / 23 helpful votes

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

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