Injustice

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• General scriptures concerningExodus 22:21Exodus 22:22Exodus 23:1–3Exodus 23:6Exodus 23:7Leviticus 19:15Leviticus 19:35Leviticus 19:36Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 16:20Deuteronomy 24:17Deuteronomy 24:18Deuteronomy 27:19Job 16:16Job 16:17Job 31:13–15Psalms 12:5Psalms 43:1Psalms 82:2Proverbs 11:7
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The passages, in Bible order (37)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 22:21

   You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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   “Thou shall not vex a stranger,....

   “Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him - This was not only a very humane law, but it was also the offspring of a sound policy: “Do not vex a stranger; remember ye were strangers. Do not oppress a stranger; remember ye were oppressed. Therefore do unto all men as ye would they should do to you.” It was the produce of a sound policy: “Let strangers be well treated among you, and many will come to take refuge among you, and thus the strength of your country will be increased.

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2. Exodus 22:22

   You must not mistreat any widow or orphan.

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   “Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

   “Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child - It is remarkable that offenses against this law are not left to the discretion of the judges to be punished; God reserves the punishment to himself, and by this he strongly shows his abhorrence of the crime.

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3. Exodus 23:1–3

   “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

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   “Thou shalt not raise a false report,....

   “These four commands, addressed to the conscience, are illustrations of the ninth commandment, mainly in reference to the giving of evidence in legal causes. Compare 1Ki 21:10; Act 6:11. Exo 23:2 This verse might be more strictly rendered, “Thou shalt not follow the many to evil; neither shalt thou bear witness in a cause so as to incline after the many to pervert justice.” Exo 23:3 Countenance - Rather, show partiality to a man’s cause because he is poor (compare Lev 19:15).

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4. Exodus 23:6

   You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

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   “Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

   “Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor - Thou shalt neither countenance him in his crimes, nor condemn him in his righteousness. See Exo 23:5, Exo 23:7.

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5. Exodus 23:7

   Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

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   “Keep thee far from a false matter,.... Or "word" (z); from receiving a false testimony, or taking the false or wrong side of a cause, or engaging in a bad one; keep aloof off from it, as much at a distance from it as possible: and the innocent and the righteous slay thou not; that is, do not condemn them to death, nor join with the majority in their condemnation, if they appear to be innocent and righteous; nor give orders, or join in giving orders to the executioner to put such to death.

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6. Leviticus 19:15

   You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.

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   "You shall not be partial to the poor," a precept given lest under pretext of showing pity we should judge an unjust judgment. For each individual is to be judged not by his personal importance but by the merits of his case. His wealth need not stand in the way of the rich man, if he makes a good use of it; and poverty of itself can be no recommendation to the poor if in the midst of squalor and want he fails to stay away from wrongdoing.

   “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment,....

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7. Leviticus 19:35

   You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.

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   “Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment,....

   “The ephah is here taken as the standard of dry measure, and the bin (see Exo 29:40 note) as the standard of liquid measure. Of the two very different estimates of the capacities of these measures, the more probable is that the ephah did not hold quite four gallons and a half, and the hin not quite six pints. The log was a twelfth part of the hin Lev 14:10. Lev 19:36 I am the Lord your God ... - A full stop should precede these words.

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8. Leviticus 19:36

   You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

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   “Just balances, just weights,....

   “Just balances - Scales, steel-yard, etc. Weights, אבנים abanim, stones, as the weights appear to have been originally formed out of stones. Ephah, hin, etc., see before.

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9. Deuteronomy 16:19

   Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

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   The ninth plague was of darkness, by which the covetous and avaricious are struck, because nothing so blinds a man as covetousness. Whence the Prophet: "Gifts and presents blind the eyes of the prudent and change the words of the just."

   “Thou shall not wrest judgment,....

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10. Deuteronomy 16:20

    Pursue justice, and justice alone, so that you may live, and you may possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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    “In another place: "You shall follow justly after that which is just," lest we turn from justice, by asserting our own view of truth, recalling the experience of Saul and Agag.

    “That which is altogether just shalt thou follow,.... Or "justice", "justice" (a), strict justice, and nothing else: that thou mayest live and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee; that is, continue in the possession of it. (a) צדק צדק.

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11. Deuteronomy 24:17

    Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

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    “Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless,....

    “Compare the marginal references. The motive assigned for these various acts of consideration is one and the same Deu 24:18, Deu 24:22.

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12. Deuteronomy 24:18

    Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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    “But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt,....

    “Thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman - Most people who have affluence rose from comparative penury, for those who are born to estates frequently squander them away; such therefore should remember what their feelings, their fears, and anxieties were, when they were poor and abject.

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13. Deuteronomy 27:19

    ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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    “Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow,.... Who have none to assist them, and take their part, and therefore judges may be tempted to do an unjust thing; but God is the patron of them, and takes notice of every injury done them, and is the avenger of all such: and all the people shall say Amen; See Gill on Deu 27:15; See Gill on Deu 27:16.

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14. Job 16:16

    My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;

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    “Ver. 16. My face is swelled with weeping. For 'the face' of Holy Church are those, who being set in posts or governorships appear the foremost, that in their goodly appearance should be the honour of the faithful people, even if there were aught deformed in the body hidden from sight. Which same persons that are set over the people bewail the sins of those that go weakly, and so chasten themselves for the downfall of others as if for their own.

    “My face is foul with weeping,....

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15. Job 16:17

    yet my hands are free of violence and my prayer is pure.

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    “Not for any injustice in my hands,....

    “Ver. 17. I have suffered this without the wickedness of mine hand, whilst I made pure prayers to God. He suffered without the wickedness of His hand; Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth, and yet endured the pain of the Cross for our redemption. Who only above all others 'made pure prayers to God,' in that even in the very anguish of His Passion He prayed in behalf of His persecutors, saying, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

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16. Job 31:13–15

    If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,

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    “If I despised to submit to judgment with my man-servant or with my maid-servant, when they contended with me. For he who did not refuse to be 'judged with menservants and maid-servants,' clearly shews that against no fellow-creature was he at any time swoln with pride in himself. But herein it is interesting to remark with what circumspection the holy man preserved his life in all respects. For not far above he said, The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose and stood up. The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

    “If I did despise the cause of my manservant, or of my maidservant,....

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