Psalms 72:2-4

2May he ajudge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!
3Let the mountains bear bprosperity for the people,
and the hills, in righteousness!
4May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!

Psalms 78:72

72With cupright heart he shepherded them
and dguided them with his skillful hand.

Isaiah 11:3-4

3And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
eHe shall not judge by fwhat his eyes see,
or decide disputes by gwhat his ears hear,
4but hwith righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall istrike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and jwith the breath of his lips khe shall kill the wicked.

Isaiah 32:1-2

A King Will Reign in Righteousness

1 Behold, la king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
2 mEach will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
nlike streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

5 oBehold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous pBranch, and qhe shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6In his days Judah will be saved, and rIsrael will sdwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: t‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

Ezekiel 45:8

8of the land. It is to be his property in Israel. And umy princes shall no more oppress my people, but vthey shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.

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