Nehemiah 5:10
5:10 Even I and my relatives
and my associates
are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral!
Psalms 82:2-5
82:2 He says, “How long will you make unjust legal decisions
and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah)
82:3 Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless!
Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!
82:4 Rescue the poor and needy!
Deliver them from the power of the wicked!
82:5 They neither know nor understand.
They stumble around in the dark,
while all the foundations of the earth crumble.
Isaiah 1:17
1:17 Learn to do what is right!
Promote justice!
Give the oppressed reason to celebrate!
Take up the cause of the orphan!
Defend the rights of the widow!
Jeremiah 22:3
22:3 The
Lord says, “Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those
who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows.
Do not kill innocent people
in this land.
Zechariah 8:16
8:16 These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts.
Luke 3:14
3:14 Then some soldiers
also asked him, “And as for us – what should we do?”
He told them, “Take money from no one by violence
or by false accusation,
and be content with your pay.”