Justice in the Bible

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

And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

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

For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil;

And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

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.

And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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.

The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.

And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

A Psalm for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.

In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

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?

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

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.

To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;

The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.

Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.