iSee Neh. 5:10-12
Psalms 82:2-4
2“How long will you judge unjustlyand ashow partiality to bthe wicked? Selah
3 cGive justice to dthe weak and the fatherless;
emaintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
4 fRescue the weak and the needy;
gdeliver them from the hand of the wicked.”
Proverbs 21:3
3 hTo do righteousness and justiceis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Isaiah 58:6-10
6 “Is not this the fast that I choose:ito loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps jof the yoke,
to let the oppressed ▼
▼Or bruised
go free,and to break every yoke?
7Is it not lto share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
mand not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
8 nThen shall your light break forth like the dawn,
oand your healing shall spring up speedily;
pyour righteousness shall go before you;
qthe glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
9Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’
If you take away rthe yoke from your midst,
sthe pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
10 tif you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
uthen shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.
Jeremiah 7:5
5“For if you truly vamend your ways and your deeds, if you truly wexecute justice one with another,Jeremiah 7:23
23But this command I gave them: x‘Obey my voice, and yI will be your God, and you shall be my people. zAnd walk in all the way that I command you, aathat it may be well with you.’Ezekiel 45:9
9“Thus says the Lord God: abEnough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease acyour evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.Hosea 10:12-13
12 adSow for yourselves righteousness;reap steadfast love;
aebreak up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and afrain righteousness upon you.
13 agYou have plowed iniquity;
you have reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in the multitude of your warriors,
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