Quotes about Justice
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
— Genesis 18:26
“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
— Genesis 19:9
because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
— Genesis 19:13
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
— Genesis 21:25
And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
— Genesis 31:7
Then Jacob became incensed and challenged Laban. “What is my crime?” he said. “For what sin of mine have you so hotly pursued me?
— Genesis 31:36
You have searched all my goods! Have you found anything that belongs to you? Put it here before my brothers and yours, that they may judge between the two of us.
— Genesis 31:37
I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
— Genesis 31:39
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
— Genesis 31:53
When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.
— Genesis 34:2
But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.
— Genesis 34:13
Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.
— Genesis 34:25