Exodus 23:6-9

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. 8 eAnd you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

9 f“You shall not oppress a sojourner. You know the heart of a sojourner, for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 19:15

15 g“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 16:18-20

Justice

18“You shall appoint hjudges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. 19 iYou shall not pervert justice. jYou shall not show partiality, kand you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. 20Justice, and only justice, you shall follow, that you may live and inherit the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 25:1

1If there is a ldispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, macquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,

2 Samuel 23:3

3The God of Israel has spoken;
nthe Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling oin the fear of God,

Jeremiah 5:28

28 pthey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
qthey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.

Jeremiah 9:24

24but rlet him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. sFor in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”

Jeremiah 21:12

12O house of David! Thus says the Lord:

t“‘Execute justice uin the morning,
and deliver from the hand of the oppressor
him who has been robbed,
vlest my wrath go forth like fire,
and burn with none to quench it,
because of your evil deeds.’”
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