Continuing with lessons learned from the Bible: JUSTICE........
Leviticus 19:15) Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Deuteronomy 16:19) Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
20 .) That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Job 37:23) Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.
24 .) Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.
Psalms 33:4) For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth.
5 .) He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
Psalms 106:1) Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2 .) Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise?
3 .) Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times.
Psalms 140:12) I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor.
13 .) Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Proverbs 28:5) Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
6 .) Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 29:6) In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
7 .) The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it.
8 .) Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath.
9 .) If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Isaiah 1:17) Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Isaiah 30:18) And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Isaiah 51:4) Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people.
5 .) My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Isaiah 61:8) For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Micah 6:8) 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?
Zechariah 7:8) And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying,
9 .) Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
10 .) And 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.
Matthew 12:14) Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
15 .) But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
16 .) And charged them that they should not make him known:
17 .) That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
18 .) Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
19 .) He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
20 .) A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoing flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
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And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. (I don't remember reading this before!)
Luke 1139) And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
40 .) Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
41 .) But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
42 .) But 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 done, and not to leave the other undone.
Acts 17:29) Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
30 .) And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:
31 .) Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
God bless..................
