Isaiah 1:17

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Learn to do what is good; seek justice, correct the oppressor. Defend the cause of the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.

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  • Jer 22:3 : 3 This is what the LORD says: Practice justice and righteousness. Rescue the one who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor. Do not mistreat or harm the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed innocent blood in this place.
  • Ps 82:3-4 : 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. 4 Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them.
  • Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land who follow His commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the Lord's anger.
  • Zech 7:9-9 : 9 Thus says the LORD of Hosts: 'Administer true justice. Show kindness and compassion to one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.'
  • Zech 8:16 : 16 These are the things you must do: Speak the truth to one another, render true and just judgments in your gates,
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
  • Prov 31:9 : 9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
  • Jer 22:15-16 : 15 Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Your father ate and drank, but he practiced justice and righteousness, and it went well with him. 16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.
  • Dan 4:27 : 27 the king said, "Is not this the great Babylon which I have built as a royal residence by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?"

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    18"Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.

  • Isa 10:1-3
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    1Woe to those who enact unjust decrees and to those who write oppressive laws.

    2They deprive the poor of justice and rob the rights of the needy among my people, making widows their spoil and leaving orphans to be plundered.

    3What will you do on the day of punishment, when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?

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    16He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD.

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  • Jer 7:5-6
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    5For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly execute justice between a person and their neighbor,

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    3Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

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    9Thus says the LORD of Hosts: 'Administer true justice. Show kindness and compassion to one another.

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    6Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loosen the chains of injustice, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to break every yoke?

    7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and to bring the homeless poor into your house? When you see the naked, clothe them, and do not hide yourself from your own flesh and blood.

  • Mic 6:8
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    8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

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    27Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

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    18To vindicate the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, will no longer terrorize.

  • Mic 3:1
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    1Then I said: "Hear now, leaders of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not your responsibility to know justice?

  • Mal 3:5
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    5I will come near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against sorcerers, adulterers, and those who swear falsely; against those who defraud workers of their wages, oppress widows and orphans, and deprive foreigners of justice. They do not fear me, says the Lord of Hosts.

  • Isa 1:23-24
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    23Your rulers are rebellious and companions of thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the fatherless, and the widow's case never comes before them.

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    3To receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity,

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    10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah.

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    9Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, you who despise justice and twist all that is right:

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    12House of David, this is what the LORD says: Execute justice in the morning and rescue the one who is robbed from the hand of the oppressor, or my wrath will go out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of the evil of your deeds.

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    15Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

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    7You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—

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    24But let justice flow like a river, and righteousness like a never-ending stream.

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    4Therefore, the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so justice comes out distorted.

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    19Cursed is anyone who denies justice to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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    14Seek good and not evil so that you may live, and so the Lord, the God of Hosts, will be with you, just as you have said.

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    17Do not show partiality in judgment; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring any case that is too difficult for you to me, and I will hear it.

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    11Leave your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in me.

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    3To do righteousness and justice is preferred by the LORD rather than sacrifice.

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    6Do not deny justice to your poor among you in their lawsuit.

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