Bible Verses AboutJustice
Bible verses about Justice
Delve into the heart of God's character through the lens of justice. Exploring these scriptures offers more than just definitions; it reveals a divine mandate woven into the fabric of creation. Understanding biblical justice calls us to examine our own lives and societal structures, urging us toward compassion, fairness, and advocacy for the marginalized. These verses illuminate the path to righteousness, showing us how to reflect God's unwavering love and commitment to equity in a world desperately seeking balance. Let the wisdom found here inspire you to become an instrument of peace and a champion of justice, embodying God's heart for all humanity.
Most Helpful Verses
Begin with these carefully selected verses that address this topic most directly.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
Scripture Passages
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Intreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death:
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them.
And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.
And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to enquire of God:
If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him.
For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.
And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest’s.
And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.
Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the Lord made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.
And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land.
And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigour over him in thy sight.
And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbour, or buyest ought of thy neighbour’s hand, ye shall not oppress one another:
After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him:
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it.
And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land.
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubile:
And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.
According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee.
And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubile: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him.
And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day.
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man’s wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him,
And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled;
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the Lord, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.
And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons.
Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:)
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites:
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell.
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The Lord make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:
And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the Lord.
And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them:
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the Lord? but it shall not prosper.
They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation.
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
And the Lord said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord.
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; as ye do, so he shall do.
And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the Lord hath not sent me.
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.
Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.
But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Because he hath despised the word of the Lord, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.
And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.
I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.
And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi:
And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.
According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number.
And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance:
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you.
And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.
And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation?
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
And it shall come to pass, that the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.
And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children.
And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.
And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.
And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the Lord against the sun, that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel.
And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.
And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.
And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon.
For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon.
And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient.
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father’s brethren.
And they warred against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the Lord.
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation:
Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few.
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.
And Moses brought their cause before the Lord.
And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.
And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign.
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
And threescore and one thousand asses,
And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation:
And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities.
And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe:
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
And the Lord’s anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying,
And the Lord heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,
(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.)
And of the children of Israel’s half, which Moses divided from the men that warred,
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance.
But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan.
And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
And they said, The Lord commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters.
Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die.
And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about.
Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them.
So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them: upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments.
This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
Reflection
Contemplating Justice
The Bible's verses on justice paint a powerful picture of God's character and his expectations for humanity. From advocating for the vulnerable to condemning oppression, these scriptures reveal a divine commitment to fairness, righteousness, and equity in all aspects of life. They challenge us to move beyond personal piety and actively work to dismantle systemic injustice, becoming advocates for those who are marginalized and voiceless. Reflecting on these verses encourages a deeper understanding of justice not as a mere legal concept, but as a core element of God's love and a fundamental aspect of a life lived in accordance with his will. Let these words inspire us to examine our own actions and strive to create a more just and compassionate world, embodying the divine mandate to love our neighbors as ourselves and to seek justice for all.
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