Nehemiah 5:7

7I took counsel with myself, and I brought charges against the nobles and the officials. I said to them, ^a“You are exacting interest, each from his brother.” And I held a great assembly against them

Nehemiah 13:11

11 ^bSo I confronted the officials and said, ^c“Why is the house of God forsaken?” And I gathered them together and set them in their stations.

Nehemiah 13:25

25 ^dAnd I confronted them and cursed them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair. ^eAnd I made them take an oath in the name of God, saying, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

Psalms 82:1-2

Rescue the Weak and Needy

A Psalm of ^fAsaph.

1 ^gGod ^hhas taken his place in the divine council;
in the midst of ⁱthe gods he ^jholds judgment:
2“How long will you judge unjustly
and ^kshow partiality to ^lthe wicked?  Selah

Proverbs 28:4

4Those who forsake the law ^mpraise the wicked,
but those who keep the law ⁿstrive against them.

Isaiah 1:10

10 Hear the word of the Lord,
you rulers of ^o, ^pSodom!
Give ear to the teaching ▼

▼Or law

of our God,
you people of ^rGomorrah!

Jeremiah 5:5

5I will go to the great
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
^sBut they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.

Jeremiah 13:18

18 Say to ^tthe king and ^uthe queen mother:
“Take a lowly seat,
for ^vyour beautiful crown
has come down from your head.”

Jeremiah 22:2-23

2and say, ^w‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates. 3Thus says the Lord: ^xDo justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And ^ydo no wrong or violence ^zto the resident alien, ^aathe fatherless, and the widow, nor ^abshed innocent blood in this place. 4For if you will indeed obey this word, ^acthen there shall enter the gates of this house kings who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants and their people. 5But if you will not obey these words, I ^adswear by myself, declares the Lord, that ^aethis house shall become a desolation. 6For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah:

“‘You are like Gilead to me,
like the summit of ^afLebanon,
yet surely I will make you a desert,
^agan uninhabited city. ▼

▼Hebrew cities

7 ^aiI will prepare destroyers against you,
each with his weapons,
^ajand they shall cut down your choicest cedars
and cast them into the fire.
8“‘And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor, ^ak“Why has the Lord dealt thus with this great city?” 9 ^alAnd they will answer, “Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them.”’”

10 ^amWeep not for him who is dead,
nor grieve for him,
^anbut weep bitterly for him who goes away,
for he shall return no more
to see his native land.

Message to the Sons of Josiah

11For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and ^aowho went away from this place: “He shall return here no more, 12but ^apin the place where they have carried him captive, there shall he die, and he shall never see this land again.”

13 ^aq“Woe to him who builds his house by ^arunrighteousness,
and his upper rooms by injustice,
^aswho makes his neighbor serve him for nothing
and does not give him his wages,
14who says, ‘I will build myself a great house
with spacious upper rooms,’
who cuts out windows for it,
paneling it with cedar
and ^atpainting it with vermilion.
15Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and ^audo justice and righteousness?
^avThen it was well with him.
16 ^awHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
^axthen it was well.
Is not this ^ayto know me?
declares the Lord.
17But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
^azfor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”
18Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

^ba“They shall not lament for him, saying,
^bb‘Ah, my brother!’ or ‘Ah, sister!’
They shall not lament for him, saying,
^bc‘Ah, lord!’ or ‘Ah, his majesty!’
19With the burial of a donkey ^bdhe shall be buried,
dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
20 “Go up to Lebanon, and cry out,
and lift up your voice in Bashan;
cry out from ^beAbarim,
for all ^bfyour lovers are destroyed.
21I spoke to you in your prosperity,
but you said, ‘I will not listen.’
^bgThis has been your way from ^bhyour youth,
that you have not obeyed my voice.
22 ^biThe wind shall shepherd all your shepherds,
and ^bjyour lovers shall go into captivity;
^bkthen you will be ashamed and confounded
because of all your evil.
23O inhabitant of ^blLebanon,
nested among the cedars,
how you will be pitied when pangs come upon you,
^bmpain as of a woman in labor!”