Popular Bible Verses about Justice - Page 6

Found 225 Verses (from 51)

Proverbs 2:8

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For he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones. NIV

That He may guard the paths of justice; yes, He preserves the way of His saints. [I Sam. 2:9; Ps. 66:8, 9.] AMP

He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. KJV

Amos 6:12

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Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness – NIV

Do horses run upon rocks? Do men plow the ocean with oxen? But you have turned justice into [the poison of] gall and the fruit of righteousness into [the bitterness of] wormwood-- AMP

Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: KJV

Isaiah 10:22

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Though your people be like the sand by the sea, Israel, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous. NIV

For though your population, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of it will return [and survive]. The [fully completed] destruction is decreed (decided upon and brought to an issue); it overflows with justice and righteousness [the infliction of just punishment]. [Rom. 9:27, 28.] AMP

For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. KJV

Micah 3:1

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Then I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice," NIV

AND I [Micah] said, Hear, I pray you, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?-- AMP

And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? KJV

Ecclesiastes 3:16

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And I saw something else under the sun: In the place of judgment – wickedness was there, in the place of justice – wickedness was there. NIV

Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was wickedness, and that in the place of righteousness wickedness was there also. AMP

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. KJV

Isaiah 5:16

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But the LORD Almighty will be exalted by his justice, and the holy God will be proved holy by his righteous acts. NIV

But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and God, the Holy One, shows Himself holy in righteousness and through righteous judgments. AMP

But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. KJV

Proverbs 8:20

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I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice NIV

I [Wisdom] walk in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), in the midst of the paths of justice AMP

I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: KJV

Jeremiah 12:1

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You are always righteous, LORD, when I bring a case before you. Yet I would speak with you about your justice: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? NIV

UNCOMPROMISINGLY RIGHTEOUS and rigidly just are You, O Lord, when I complain against and contend with You. Yet let me plead and reason the case with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all they at ease and thriving who deal very treacherously and deceitfully? AMP

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? KJV

Psalms 4:1

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For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David. Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer. NIV

To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. ANSWER ME when I call, O God of my righteousness (uprightness, justice, and right standing with You)! You have freed me when I was hemmed in and enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me and hear my prayer. AMP

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. KJV

Leviticus 27:29

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"No persons devoted to destruction may be ransomed; they are to be put to death." NIV

No one doomed to death [under the claim of divine justice], who is to be completely destroyed from among men, shall be ransomed [from suffering the death penalty]; he shall surely be put to death. AMP

None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. KJV