Injustice

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• General scriptures concerningExodus 22:21Exodus 22:22Exodus 23:1–3Exodus 23:6Exodus 23:7Leviticus 19:15Leviticus 19:35Leviticus 19:36Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 16:20Deuteronomy 24:17Deuteronomy 24:18Deuteronomy 27:19Job 16:16Job 16:17Job 31:13–15Psalms 12:5Psalms 43:1Psalms 82:2Proverbs 11:7
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The passages, in Bible order (37)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 22:21

   You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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2. Exodus 22:22

   You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 22:221 voice

   “Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child - It is remarkable that offenses against this law are not left to the discretion of the judges to be punished; God reserves the punishment to himself, and by this he strongly shows his abhorrence of the crime.

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3. Exodus 23:1–3

   “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

   ›Commentary on Exodus 23:1–32 voices

   “Thou shalt not raise, the margin reads, Thou shalt not receive a false report, for sometimes the receiver in this case is as bad as the thief; and a backbiting tongue would not do so much mischief, if it were not countenanced.

   “These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence in legal causes. Compare 1Ki 21:10; Act 6:11. Exo 23:2 This verse might be more strictly rendered, “Thou shalt not follow the many to evil; neither shalt thou bear witness in a cause so as to incline after the many to pervert justice.” Exo 23:3 Countenance - Rather, show partiality to a man’s cause because he is poor (compare Lev 19:15).

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4. Exodus 23:6

   You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

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5. Exodus 23:7

   Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

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6. Leviticus 19:15

   You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 19:151 voice

   "You shall not be partial to the poor," a precept given lest under pretext of showing pity we should judge an unjust judgment. For each individual is to be judged not by his personal importance but by the merits of his case. His wealth need not stand in the way of the rich man, if he makes a good use of it; and poverty of itself can be no recommendation to the poor if in the midst of squalor and want he fails to stay away from wrongdoing.

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7. Leviticus 19:35

   You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 19:352 voices

   “In mete-yard - In the measuring of lands, or dry things, as cloth, ribband. In measure - In the measuring liquid or such dry things as are only contigious, as corn or wine.

   “The ephah is here taken as the standard of dry measure, and the bin (see Exo 29:40 note) as the standard of liquid measure. Of the two very different estimates of the capacities of these measures, the more probable is that the ephah did not hold quite four gallons and a half, and the hin not quite six pints. The log was a twelfth part of the hin Lev 14:10. Lev 19:36 I am the Lord your God ... - A full stop should precede these words.

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8. Leviticus 19:36

   You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

   ›Commentary on Leviticus 19:361 voice

   “Just balances - Scales, steel-yard, etc. Weights, אבנים abanim, stones, as the weights appear to have been originally formed out of stones. Ephah, hin, etc., see before.

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9. Deuteronomy 16:19

   Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

   ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:192 voices

   “Judges and officers shalt thou make--These last meant heralds or bailiffs, employed in executing the sentence of their superiors. in all thy gates--The gate was the place of public resort among the Israelites and other Eastern people, where business was transacted and causes decided.

   “A gift doth blind the eyes - Biasseth his mind, that he cannot discern between right and wrong. The words - That is the sentence, of those Judges who are used to do righteous things, it makes them give wrong judgment. That which is altogether just - Hebrew. righteousness, righteousness, that is, nothing but righteousness in all causes and times, and to all persons equally.

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10. Deuteronomy 16:20

    Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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    “Judges and officers shalt thou make--These last meant heralds or bailiffs, employed in executing the sentence of their superiors. in all thy gates--The gate was the place of public resort among the Israelites and other Eastern people, where business was transacted and causes decided.

    “In another place: "You shall follow justly after that which is just," lest we turn from justice, by asserting our own view of truth, recalling the experience of Saul and Agag.

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11. Deuteronomy 24:17

    Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

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12. Deuteronomy 24:18

    Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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13. Deuteronomy 27:19

    ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

    ›Commentary on Deuteronomy 27:191 voice

    “Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow,.... Who have none to assist them, and take their part, and therefore judges may be tempted to do an unjust thing; but God is the patron of them, and takes notice of every injury done them, and is the avenger of all such: and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on Deu 27:15; See Gill on Deu 27:16.

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14. Job 16:16

    My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;

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    “In this also he was a type of Christ, who was a man of sorrows, and much in tears, and pronounced those blessed that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Job's Comfort in Conscious Integrity. 17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.

    “My face is foul with weeping - Wemyss, “swelled.” Noyes, “red.” Good, “tarnished.” Luther, “ist geschwollen” - is swelled. So Jerome. The Septuagint, strangely enough, ἡ γαστήρ μον συνκέκαυται, κ. τ. λ. hē gastēr mou sunkekautai, etc. “my belly is burned with weeping.” The Hebrew word (חמר châmar) means to boil up, to ferment, to foam. Hence, it means to be red, and the word is often used in this sense in Arabic - from the idea of becoming heated or inflamed.

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15. Job 16:17

    yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

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    “Ver. 17. I have suffered this without the wickedness of mine hand, whilst I made pure prayers to God. He suffered without the wickedness of His hand; Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth, and yet endured the pain of the Cross for our redemption. Who only above all others 'made pure prayers to God,' in that even in the very anguish of His Passion He prayed in behalf of His persecutors, saying, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

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16. Job 31:13–15

    If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

    ›Commentary on Job 31:13–151 voice

    “If I despised to submit to judgment with my man-servant or with my maid-servant, when they contended with me. For he who did not refuse to be 'judged with menservants and maid-servants,' clearly shews that against no fellow-creature was he at any time swoln with pride in himself. But herein it is interesting to remark with what circumspection the holy man preserved his life in all respects. For not far above he said, The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose and stood up. The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

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