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Bible Verses About Justice & the Oppressed

God's call to do justice

Isaiah 1:17

Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”

Micah 6:8

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Psalms 82:3

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.

Psalms 82:4

Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”

Proverbs 31:8

Open your mouth for the mute, in the cause of all who are left desolate.

Proverbs 31:9

Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”

Amos 5:24

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

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