Quotes about Justice
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
— Habakkuk 2:6
You went forth for the salvation of Your people, to save Your anointed. You crushed the head of the house of the wicked and stripped him from head to toe. Selah
— Habakkuk 3:13
On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with violence and deceit.
— Zephaniah 1:9
Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
— Zephaniah 2:3
“You too, O Cushites, will be slain by My sword.”
— Zephaniah 2:12
Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
— Zephaniah 3:3
The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
— Zephaniah 3:5
Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
— Zephaniah 3:19
but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’
— Zechariah 1:15
Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be removed.
— Zechariah 5:3
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
— Zechariah 7:9
Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
— Zechariah 7:10