Justice for the Poor
Psalm 140:12 BSB
I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
Proverbs 13:23 BSB
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
Isaiah 10:2 BSB
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
Exodus 23:6 BSB
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
Jeremiah 5:4 BSB
Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Leviticus 19:15 BSB
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
Amos 5:12 BSB
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
Ezekiel 22:29 BSB
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
Ecclesiastes 5:8 BSB
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
Proverbs 8:20 BSB
I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
Proverbs 2:8 BSB
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
Psalm 103:6 BSB
The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.
Proverbs 17:23 BSB
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
Psalm 9:8 BSB
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
Isaiah 1:17 BSB
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
Proverbs 31:9 BSB
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
Matthew 25:40 BSB
And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
James 1:5 BSB
Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
Proverbs 9:10 BSB
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
Proverbs 15:22 BSB
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.