Bible Verses About Injustice
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for injustice, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 4,247 votes, led by Proverbs 17:15. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Injustice
Proverbs 17:15257 votes
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:3-5217 votes
Thus saith the Lord; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Micah 6:8214 votes
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Psalms 43:1167 votes
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Leviticus 19:15136 votes
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Proverbs 31:8-9135 votes
Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.
Ecclesiastes 5:8133 votes
If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
Proverbs 29:27120 votes
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Job 5:8-16115 votes
I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
Exodus 23:799 votes
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
Isaiah 1:1799 votes
Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Psalms 82:281 votes
How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Romans 12:277 votes
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Luke 16:1573 votes
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Proverbs 22:871 votes
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
Psalms 12:570 votes
For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
Proverbs 14:3163 votes
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Luke 18:1-863 votes
And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
Exodus 23:1-362 votes
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Zephaniah 3:556 votes
The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
Amos 5:1149 votes
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Exodus 23:647 votes
Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Isaiah 10:1-347 votes
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
Luke 16:1044 votes
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
Isaiah 26:1043 votes
Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the Lord.
What does the Bible say about injustice?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 17:15 on the subject of injustice. Across 4,247 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Jeremiah 22:3-5, Micah 6:8, Psalms 43:1. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.