Quotes about Injustice
The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
— Ezekiel 22:29
At this time some astrologers came forward and maliciously accused the Jews,
— Daniel 3:8
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
— Hosea 4:2
You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,
— Hosea 10:13
They cast lots for My people; they bartered a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine to drink.
— Joel 3:3
They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
— Amos 2:7
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
— Amos 3:10
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
— Amos 5:7
Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
— Amos 8:6
They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
— Micah 2:2
But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.
— Micah 2:8
You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
— Micah 2:9