35 Bible Verses About Injustice

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.

Proverbs 21:15

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

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

Psalm 33:5

The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.

Isaiah 61:8

“For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness, I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them.

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Psalm 89:14

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

Jeremiah 22:3

This is what the Lord says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.

Zechariah 7:9

This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another.

Isaiah 59:15

Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey. The Lord looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

Psalm 106:3

Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.

Jeremiah 9:24

but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight,” declares the Lord.

Proverbs 28:5

Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

Psalm 37:28

For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish.

Jeremiah 31:3

The Lord appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness.

Psalm 146:7-9

He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, the Lord gives sight to the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the righteous. The Lord watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow, but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.

Proverbs 29:7

The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

Isaiah 42:1

“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations.

Jeremiah 21:12

This is what the Lord says to you, house of David: ‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.

Proverbs 31:8-9

Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Psalm 9:7-8

The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment. He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.

Matthew 5:6

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

Psalm 82:3-4

Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

Jeremiah 22:16

He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and so all went well. Is that not what it means to know me?” declares the Lord.

Matthew 23:23

“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

Isaiah 56:1

This is what the Lord says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for my salvation is close at hand and my righteousness will soon be revealed.

Psalm 103:6

The Lord works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

Isaiah 30:18

Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!

Proverbs 2:8

for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

Jeremiah 5:28

They have grown fat and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless; they do not defend the just cause of the poor.

Psalm 101:1

I will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise.

Job 37:23

The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

Psalms 119:121

I have done what is righteous and just; do not leave me to my oppressors.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven.

Proverbs 18:5

It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.

Exodus 23:6

“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.

Exodus 23:3

and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.

Zechariah 8:16

These are the things you are to do: Speak the truth to each other, and render true and sound judgment in your courts.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can an Ethiopian change his skin or a leopard its spots? Neither can you do good who are accustomed to doing evil.

2 Corinthians 8:21

For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.

1 Peter 2:23

When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.

Acts 10:34-35

Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.