Bible Cross References
And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
Isaiah 59:4
You go to court, but you do not have justice on your side. You depend on lies to win your case. You carry out your plans to hurt others.
Isaiah 5:23
But for just a bribe you let the guilty go free, and you keep the innocent from getting justice.
Isaiah 10:1
You are doomed! You make unjust laws that oppress my people.
Isaiah 10:2
That is how you keep the poor from having their rights and from getting justice. That is how you take the property that belongs to widows and orphans.
Psalm 82:2-5
2
"You must stop judging unjustly; you must no longer be partial to the wicked!
3
Defend the rights of the poor and the orphans; be fair to the needy and the helpless.
4
Rescue them from the power of evil people.
5
"How ignorant you are! How stupid! You are completely corrupt, and justice has disappeared from the world.
Ecclesiastes 3:16
In addition, I have also noticed that in this world you find wickedness where justice and right ought to be.
Jeremiah 5:27
Just as a hunter fills a cage with birds, they have filled their houses with loot. That is why they are powerful and rich,
Jeremiah 5:28
why they are fat and well fed. There is no limit to their evil deeds. They do not give orphans their rights or show justice to the oppressed.
Jeremiah 5:31
prophets speak nothing but lies; priests rule as the prophets command, and my people offer no objections. But what will they do when it all comes to an end?"
Amos 5:7
You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!
Amos 5:11
You have oppressed the poor and robbed them of their grain. And so you will not live in the fine stone houses you build or drink wine from the beautiful vineyards you plant.
Micah 3:9-11
9
Listen to me, you rulers of Israel, you that hate justice and turn right into wrong.
10
You are building God's city, Jerusalem, on a foundation of murder and injustice.
11
The city's rulers govern for bribes, the priests interpret the Law for pay, the prophets give their revelations for money---and they all claim that the LORD is with them. "No harm will come to us," they say. "The LORD is with us."
Micah 7:3-5
3
They are all experts at doing evil. Officials and judges ask for bribes. The influential people tell them what they want, and so they scheme together.
4
Even the best and most honest of them are as worthless as weeds. The day has come when God will punish the people, as he warned them through their watchmen, the prophets. Now they are in confusion.
5
Don't believe your neighbor or trust your friend. Be careful what you say even to your husband or wife.
Habakkuk 1:4
The law is weak and useless, and justice is never done. Evil people get the better of the righteous, and so justice is perverted.
Zephaniah 3:1-3
1
Jerusalem is doomed, that corrupt, rebellious city that oppresses its own people.
2
It has not listened to the LORD or accepted his discipline. It has not put its trust in the LORD or asked for his help.
3
Its officials are like roaring lions; its judges are like hungry wolves, too greedy to leave a bone until morning.