Justice

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• General scriptures concerningExodus 23:1–3Exodus 23:6–8Leviticus 19:13–15Deuteronomy 16:18–20Deuteronomy 25:1–4Ezra 7:26Psalms 72:1Psalms 72:2Psalms 82:2–4Proverbs 17:15Proverbs 17:26Proverbs 18:5Proverbs 18:17Proverbs 20:8Proverbs 22:27Proverbs 24:23Proverbs 28:21Proverbs 29:26Ecclesiastes 3:16Ecclesiastes 3:17
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The passages, in Bible order (40)

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 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

   “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).

   “Thou shalt not raise a false report,....

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2. Exodus 23:6–8

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

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

   “Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor - Thou shalt neither countenance him in his crimes, nor condemn him in his righteousness. See Exo 23:5, Exo 23:7.

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3. Leviticus 19:13–15

   You must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.

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   “Let no one deny the hireling the wage he is owed, since we too are hirelings of our God, and from him we look forward to the reward of our labor. And if you indeed, whatever type of businessman you are, deny your hireling a monetary payment that is a perishable trifle, you shall be denied the reward of heaven that has been promised. You shall not defraud, as the law says, the hireling of his pay.

   “Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him,....

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4. Deuteronomy 16:18–20

   You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

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   “Judges and officers shall thou make thee,.... Judges were fixed in the sanhedrim, or court of judicature, and those that have lawsuits come before them; officers are masters of the staff and whip, and they stand before the judges, and go into markets, streets, and shops, to order the weights and measures, and to smite all that do wrong; and all they do is by order of the judges; so Maimonides (s): the qualifications of judges to be chosen and constituted by the people are thus described by him.

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5. Deuteronomy 25:1–4

   If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

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   “If there be a controversy between men,....

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6. Ezra 7:26

   If anyone does not keep the law of your God and the law of the king, let a strict judgment be executed against him, whether death, banishment, confiscation of property, or imprisonment.

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   “And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king,....

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7. Psalms 72:1

   Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 72:11 voice

   “And I support this from Psalm 71 [LXX], which says, "Give to the king your judgment, O God; and your justice to the king's son, to judge your people with justice, and your poor with judgment." For clearly the psalm, which has been ascribed to Solomon, prophesies of Christ.

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8. Psalms 72:2

   May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.

   ›Commentary on Psalms 72:22 voices

   “And I support this from Psalm 71 [LXX], which says, "Give to the king your judgment, O God; and your justice to the king's son, to judge your people with justice, and your poor with judgment." For clearly the psalm, which has been ascribed to Solomon, prophesies of Christ.

   “He shall judge thy people with righteousness,.... Or, "so shall he judge"; or, "that he may judge" (n), as the Syriac and Arabic versions; having the judgments and righteousness of God given him, he will be thereby qualified to judge the people of God; such as are so, not by creation, but by special grace; his chosen and covenant people, the redeemed and purchased people of God, and who in the effectual calling appear to be so, and are made his willing people.

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9. Psalms 82:2–4

   “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah

   ›Commentary on Psalms 82:2–42 voices

   “And you accept the persons of sinners: judge for the needy and the orphan, do justice to the lowly and the poor: rescue the poor and the needy, and the rest. When a case comes to you, you do not consider the cause, you do not consider the judgment, but the persons of those who have the cases. For instance, if a poor man comes having a just case, and a rich man comes having a bad case: you look at the persons, not the case. This so far according to one interpretation.

   “How long will ye judge unjustly,....

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10. Proverbs 17:15

    Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.

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    “He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just,....

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11. Proverbs 17:26

    It is surely not good to punish the innocent or to flog a noble for his honesty.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 17:261 voice

    “It is not good to inflict harm on the just, etc. This can be understood of the very Prince and Judge of the ages, who willed to be struck for our salvation, and of all the rulers of the Church generally, who are either stripped …

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12. Proverbs 18:5

    Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.

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    “It is not good to accept the person of the wicked,....

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13. Proverbs 18:17

    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    “The just man indeed notices his own frailty more than the unjust man; and the wise man recognizes, while the foolish man does not recognize. Finally, the wise man is remorseful for his own failings, while the foolish man takes pleasure in them: the just man accuses himself, the unjust man defends himself.

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14. Proverbs 20:8

    A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

    ›Commentary on Proverbs 20:82 voices

    “The king who sits on the throne of judgment, etc. For although the elect suffer evil in this life from the reprobates, when the day of universal judgment appears, all evils will be dissipated; and the unjust will alone undergo punishment, while the just will …

    “A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment,....

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15. Proverbs 22:27

    If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you?

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    “If thou hast nothing to pay,....

    “He - i. e., The man to whom the surety has been given. The practice of distraining for payment of a debt, seems, though prohibited Exo 22:27, to have become common.

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16. Proverbs 24:23

    These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.

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    “To recognize a person in judgment is not good. He taught above to fear the king, and now forbids recognizing a person in judgment. Whence it is understood that subjects ought to render the debt of temporal obedience to princes, so that never out of …

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