Quotes about Injustice
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
— Ecclesiastes 3:16
Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
— Ecclesiastes 4:1
In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.
— Ecclesiastes 7:15
There is a futility that is done on the earth: There are righteous men who get what the actions of the wicked deserve, and there are wicked men who get what the actions of the righteous deserve. I say that this too is futile.
— Ecclesiastes 8:14
Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
— Ecclesiastes 9:15
Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
— Song of Solomon 1:6
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
— Song of Solomon 5:7
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
— Isaiah 1:23
The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
— Isaiah 3:5
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
— Isaiah 3:14
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
— Isaiah 10:1
Feet trample it down—the feet of the oppressed, the steps of the poor.
— Isaiah 26:6