Quotes about Justice
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
— 2 Chronicles 25:3
Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
— 2 Chronicles 25:4
Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
— Nehemiah 4:4
Do not cover up their iniquity or let their sin be blotted out from Your sight, for they have provoked the builders.
— Nehemiah 4:5
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish brothers who were sold to foreigners, but now you are selling your own brothers, that they may be sold back to us!” But they remained silent, for they could find nothing to say.
— Nehemiah 5:8
Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
— Nehemiah 5:11
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people, but I did not do this because of my fear of God.
— Nehemiah 5:15
You are just in all that has befallen us, because You have acted faithfully, while we have acted wickedly.
— Nehemiah 9:33
Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.
— Esther 1:13
After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
— Esther 2:23
Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
— Esther 3:8
Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
— Esther 7:6