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No, for I have chosen him [Abraham], that he may charge 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 about for Abraham what he has promised him.

–Genesis 18:19                     

You shall not render an unjust judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbor.

–Leviticus 19:15

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who is not partial and takes no bribe, who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them food and clothing.

by Lisa Jarnot

–Deuteronomy 10:17-18 (similarly in Deut 24:17, 27:19)

You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right. Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

–Deuteronomy 16:19-20

So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

–II Samuel 8:15

All Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered; and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute justice.

–I Kings 3:28

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel forever, he has made you king to execute justice and righteousness.

–I Kings 10:9

Now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take care what you do, for there is no perversion of justice with the Lord our God, or partiality, or taking of bribes.

–II Chronicles 19:7

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

–Job 34:12

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

–Job 37:23

He will make your vindication shine like the light, and thejustice of your cause like the noonday.

–Psalm37:6

For the Lord loves justice; he will not forsake his faithful ones. The righteous shall be kept safe forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

–Psalm 37:28

Give the king your justice, O God,
    and your righteousness to a king’s son.
May he judge your people with righteousness,
    and your poor with justice.

–Psalm 72:1-2

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

–Psalm 89:14

Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
    righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

–Psalm 97:2

Mighty King, lover of justice,
    you have established equity;
you have executed justice
    and righteousness in Jacob.

–Psalm 99:4

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

–Psalm 103:6

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

–Proverb 21:3

Many seek the favor of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.

–Proverb 29:26

Zion shall be redeemed by justice,
    and those in her who repent, by righteousness.
But rebels and sinners shall be destroyed together,
    and those who forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

–Isaiah 1:27-28

He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

–Isaiah 9:7b

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

–Isaiah 30:18

Here is 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.

–Isaiah 42:1; quoted Matthew 12:18

Listen to me, my people,
    and give heed to me, my nation;
for a teaching will go out from me,
    and my justice for a light to the peoples.

–Isaiah 51:4


but let those who boast, boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am the Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord.

–Jeremiah 9:24

O house of David! Thus says the Lord: Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed, or else my wrath will go forth like fire, and burn, with no one to quench it, because of your evil doings.

–Jeremiah 21:12

In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

–Jeremiah33:15


I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with justice.

–Ezekiel 23:4

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways are justice; and he is able to bring low those who walk in pride.

–Daniel 4:37

He has told you, O mortal, 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?

–Micah 6:8

And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?

–Luke 18:7

They not only take away thankfulness from others, but, carried away by the boasts of those who know nothing of goodness, they even assume that they will escape the evil-hating justice of God, who always sees everything. 

–Greek Esther 8:12

The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds, and it will not rest until it reaches its goal;
it will not desist until the Most High responds and does justice for the righteous and executes judgment. 

–Sirach 35:21-22a

Because of this, justice has laid up for you intense and eternal fire and tortures, and these throughout all time will never let you go.

–4 Maccabees 12:12

Here is 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. …

He will not break a bruised reed or quench a smoldering wick until he brings justice to victory.

–Matthew 12:18, 20

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint, dill, and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. It is these you ought to have practiced without neglecting the others.

–Matthew 23:23

(And all the people who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God,[i] because they had been baptized with John’s baptism. But by refusing to be baptized by him, the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves.)

–Luke 7:29-30

And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 

–Luke 18:7

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Darla Dee Turlington wrote 34 articles for this publication.

The Rev. Dr. Darla Dee Turlington is an ordained American Baptist pastor who served twenty years at the First Baptist Church of Westfield, NJ, the last nine as Senior Pastor, retiring in June 2010. She has been an adjunct professor at New York City area colleges and currently is on the Governing Board of the Ministers Council of the American Baptist Churches USA, the Board of Visitors of the Divinity School of Wake Forest University, and the Advisory Team of American Baptist Women In Ministry.

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