Exodus 23:6-7

6 a“You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his lawsuit. 7 bKeep far from a false charge, and cdo not kill the innocent and righteous, for dI will not acquit the wicked.

Leviticus 19:15

15 e“You shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 1:17

17 fYou shall not be partial in judgment. You shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not be intimidated by anyone, for gthe judgment is God’s. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall hbring to me, and I will hear it.’

Psalms 72:2

2May he ijudge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!

Jeremiah 37:15

15And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him jand imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.

Jeremiah 37:21

21So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to kthe court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakersstreet, luntil all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in mthe court of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:5-6

5King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your hands, nfor the king can do nothing against you.” 6So they took Jeremiah oand cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in pthe court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down qby ropes. rAnd there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and sJeremiah sank in the mud.

Jeremiah 38:9

9“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of thunger, ufor there is no bread left in the city.”

Ezekiel 9:9

9Then he said to me, v“The guilt of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. wThe land is full of blood, and the city full of injustice. For xthey say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land, and the Lord does not see.’
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