The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.

How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time!

How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me?

Your instructions are totally reliable; all your just regulations endure.

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right.

Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil.

Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one receives justice.

“Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right,

There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.’”

who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,

You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow’s garment as security for a loan.

‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”