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Bible verses about injustice.

103 verses about injustice from the King James Version, the most loved first.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Micah 6:8 › · King James Version

The most loved verses about injustice.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Leviticus 19:15 ›

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Romans 12:19 ›

Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 22:3 ›

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Amos 5:24 ›

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Proverbs 21:15 ›

[A Psalm of David.] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land…

Psalms 37:1-6 ›

All 103 verses about injustice.

  • Micah 6:8He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy…
  • Leviticus 19:13-15Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. Thou…
  • Romans 12:19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
  • Jeremiah 22:3-5Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence…
  • Jeremiah 22:1-4Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that…
  • Amos 5:24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
  • Proverbs 21:15It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
  • Psalms 37:1-6[A Psalm of David.] Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down…
  • Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Proverbs 31:8-9Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the…
  • Psalms 106:3Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
  • Psalms 82:2-4How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.…
  • Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Deuteronomy 16:18-20Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people…
  • Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye…
  • Psalms 9:9The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
  • Exodus 22:21-24Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.…
  • Exodus 23:1-3Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil…
  • Leviticus 19:35-36Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall…
  • Deuteronomy 24:14-15Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy…
  • Deuteronomy 24:17-18Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge: But thou shalt remember that thou…
  • Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Psalms 12:5For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
  • Proverbs 11:7When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
  • Proverbs 22:22-23Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those…
  • Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
  • Proverbs 29:27An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
  • Proverbs 31:4-5It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the…
  • Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is…
  • Isaiah 26:10Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the…
  • Micah 2:1-3Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their…
  • Zephaniah 3:5The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust…
  • Luke 16:10He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
  • Deuteronomy 23:15-16Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that…
  • Job 16:16-17My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure.
  • Job 27:13-23This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. If his children be…
  • Psalms 10:17-18LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: To judge the fatherless and the…
  • Psalms 17:9From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
  • Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
  • Psalms 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
  • Psalms 58:1-2[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?…
  • Psalms 62:10Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
  • Psalms 74:21O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
  • Psalms 103:6The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
  • Psalms 119:121[AIN.] I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
  • Psalms 119:134Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
  • Proverbs 3:31Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
  • Proverbs 14:31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
  • Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
  • Proverbs 28:3A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
  • Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no…
  • Ecclesiastes 7:7Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
  • Isaiah 10:1-34Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to…
  • Isaiah 33:15-16He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that…
  • Isaiah 38:14Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
  • Jeremiah 21:12O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my…
  • Jeremiah 22:13Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour’s service without wages, and giveth him…
  • Jeremiah 22:17But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
  • Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the…
  • Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger…
  • Ezekiel 45:9Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your…
  • Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters…
  • Micah 3:8-9But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his…
  • Habakkuk 1:4Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth.
  • Zechariah 7:10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
  • Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers…
  • 1 Corinthians 6:7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer…
  • James 2:6But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
  • Revelation 22:11He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still…
  • Exodus 23:6-8Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I…
  • Isaiah 56:1Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
  • Isaiah 59:14-15And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. Yea, truth faileth…
  • Genesis 18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment…
  • Deuteronomy 25:1-4If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and…
  • Deuteronomy 25:15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD…
  • 2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
  • 1 Kings 3:11-12And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast…
  • Ezra 7:26And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to…
  • Job 12:4I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
  • Psalms 72:1-2[A Psalm for Solomon.] Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son. He shall judge thy people with righteousness…
  • Psalms 98:9Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
  • Proverbs 1:3To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
  • Proverbs 2:9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.
  • Proverbs 11:1A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.
  • Proverbs 17:26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.
  • Proverbs 18:5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
  • Proverbs 18:17He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him.
  • Proverbs 19:28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
  • Proverbs 20:8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
  • Proverbs 24:23These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
  • Proverbs 29:26Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.
  • Ecclesiastes 3:16-17And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. I said in…
  • Isaiah 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his…
  • Isaiah 59:4None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Jeremiah 7:5For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour;
  • Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute…
  • Ezekiel 18:8-9He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment…
  • Amos 5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
  • Zechariah 8:16These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
  • Luke 11:42But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have…
  • John 7:24Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
  • Philippians 4:8Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever…
  • Colossians 4:1Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
20 more verses that touch on it
  • Job 31:13-15If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he…
  • Proverbs 17:15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
  • Lamentations 3:34-36To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth, To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, To subvert a man in his…
  • Amos 5:11-12Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not…
  • Amos 8:4-6Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn?…
  • James 5:4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have…
  • Deuteronomy 27:17Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Proverbs 20:10Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
  • Isaiah 5:8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
  • Jeremiah 6:13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one…
  • Matthew 5:39But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
  • Luke 3:14And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely…
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:6That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and…
  • 1 Kings 3:9Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so…
  • Proverbs 28:21To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.
  • Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
  • Micah 7:3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous…
  • Matthew 12:7But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
  • John 7:51Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?
  • 1 Corinthians 13:6Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;

Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.

Questions people ask.

What does the Bible say about injustice?

The Bible speaks to injustice in verses such as Micah 6:8, “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good”, and Leviticus 19:15, “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment” (King James Version).

Which Bible verses about injustice are most loved?

Among the most loved is Micah 6:8, “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good.” Others are Leviticus 19:15, Romans 12:19 and Jeremiah 22:3.

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