Quotes about Justice
Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
— Ezekiel 33:20
You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
— Ezekiel 34:4
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
— Ezekiel 34:16
This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.
— Ezekiel 34:17
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.
— Ezekiel 34:20
I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.
— Ezekiel 34:22
therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.
— Ezekiel 35:6
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’
— Ezekiel 45:9
You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath.
— Ezekiel 45:10
The prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
— Ezekiel 46:18
Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”
— Daniel 6:5
My God sent His angel and shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, for I was found innocent in His sight, and I have done no wrong against you, O king.”
— Daniel 6:22