Quotes about Justice
I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
— Deuteronomy 32:26
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
— Deuteronomy 32:35
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
— Deuteronomy 32:36
when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
— Deuteronomy 32:41
He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
— Deuteronomy 33:21
so that anyone who kills another unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.
— Joshua 20:3
When someone flees to one of these cities, stands at the entrance of the city gate, and states his case before its elders, they are to bring him into the city and give him a place to live among them.
— Joshua 20:4
Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, they must not surrender the manslayer into his hand, because that man killed his neighbor accidentally without prior malice.
— Joshua 20:5
He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
— Joshua 20:6
These are the cities appointed for all the Israelites and foreigners among them, so that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.
— Joshua 20:9
As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
— Judges 1:6
Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
— Judges 1:7