Injustice
58 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
31 sections
- A Bad Example Leads To
- Ahab
- Brings a Curse
- Covetousness Leads To
- Festus
- Forbidden
- General Scriptures Concerning
- God: Abominates
- God: Approves not of
- God: Hears the Cry of Those Who Suffer
- God: Provoked to Avenge
- God: Regards
- Intemperance Leads To
- Jews
- Judas
- Pilate
- Potiphar
- Priests
- Princes
- Punishment of
- Saints should Bear, Patiently
- Saints should Hate
- Saints should Take No Vengeance For
- Saints should Testify Against
- Sons of Samuel
- Specially to be Avoided Towards: Servants
- Specially to be Avoided Towards: The Poor
- Specially to be Avoided Towards: The Stranger and Fatherless
- The Wicked: Deal With
- The Wicked: Judge With
- The Wicked: Practise, Without Shame
A Bad Example Leads To
- Exodus 23:2 You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Ahab
- 1 Kings 21:10 But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify, ‘You have cursed both God and the king!’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- 1 Kings 21:15–16 When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Get up and take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, who refused to give it to you for silver. For Naboth is no longer alive, but dead.” …
Brings a Curse
- Deuteronomy 27:17 ‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Deuteronomy 27:19 ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Covetousness Leads To
- Jeremiah 6:13 “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Ezekiel 22:12 In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
- Micah 2:2 They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
Festus
- Acts 24:27 After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. And wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
Forbidden
- 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.
- Leviticus 19:35 You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
- 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.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Exodus 22:21–22 You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. …
- Exodus 23:1–3 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. …
- Exodus 23:6–7 You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits. …
- 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.
- Leviticus 19:35–36 You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. …
- Deuteronomy 16:19–20 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. …
- Deuteronomy 24:17–18 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security. …
- Deuteronomy 27:19 ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Job 16:16–17 My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes; …
- Job 31:13–15 If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me, …
- Psalm 12:5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Psalm 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Psalm 82:2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Proverbs 11:7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
- Proverbs 17:15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 28:8 He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Proverbs 29:27 An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
- Proverbs 31:4–5 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, …
- Ecclesiastes 3:16 Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
- Isaiah 26:10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 22:3–5 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place. …
- Lamentations 3:34–36 To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the land, …
- Amos 5:11–12 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. …
- Zephaniah 3:5 The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
- Luke 3:14 Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”
- Luke 16:10 Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to holiness.
- Revelation 22:11 Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”
God: Abominates
- Proverbs 17:15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
- Proverbs 20:10 Differing weights and unequal measures— both are detestable to the LORD.
God: Approves not of
- Lamentations 3:35–36 to deny a man justice before the Most High, …
God: Hears the Cry of Those Who Suffer
- James 5:4 Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
God: Provoked to Avenge
- Psalm 12:5 “For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
God: Regards
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
Intemperance Leads To
- Proverbs 31:5 lest they drink and forget what is decreed, depriving all the oppressed of justice.
Jews
- Isaiah 59:14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter.
Judas
- Matthew 27:4 “I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,” he said. “What is that to us?” they replied. “You bear the responsibility.”
Pilate
- Matthew 27:24–26 When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “You bear the responsibility.” …
Potiphar
- Genesis 39:20 So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,
Priests
- Acts 4:3 They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.
Princes
- Daniel 6:4 Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was found in him.
Punishment of
- Proverbs 11:7 When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
- Proverbs 28:8 He who increases his wealth by interest and usury lays it up for one who is kind to the poor.
- Amos 5:11–12 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. …
- Amos 8:5 asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
- Amos 8:8 Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:6 and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.
Saints should Bear, Patiently
- 1 Corinthians 6:7 The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
Saints should Hate
- Proverbs 29:27 An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
Saints should Take No Vengeance For
- Matthew 5:39 But I tell you not to resist an evil person. If someone slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also;
Saints should Testify Against
- Psalm 58:1–2 Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? …
- Micah 3:8–9 As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin. …
Sons of Samuel
- 1 Samuel 8:3 But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Specially to be Avoided Towards: Servants
- Job 31:13–14 If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me, …
- Deuteronomy 24:14 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
- Jeremiah 22:13 “Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
Specially to be Avoided Towards: The Poor
- Exodus 23:6 You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
- Proverbs 22:16 Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
- Proverbs 22:22–23 Do not rob a poor man because he is poor, and do not crush the afflicted at the gate, …
Specially to be Avoided Towards: The Stranger and Fatherless
- Exodus 22:21–22 You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt. …
- Deuteronomy 24:17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
- Jeremiah 22:3 This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
The Wicked: Deal With
- Isaiah 26:10 Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.
The Wicked: Judge With
- Psalm 82:2 “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
- Ecclesiastes 3:16 Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
- Habakkuk 1:4 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
The Wicked: Practise, Without Shame
- Jeremiah 6:13 “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Jeremiah 6:15 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
- Zephaniah 3:5 The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
Related topics
Injustice of the Least Kind, CondemnedJustice
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.