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Now let the fear of the Lord be on you. Judge carefully, for with the Lord our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
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So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
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No, in your heart you devise injustice, and your hands mete out violence on the earth.
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They plot injustice and say, “We have devised a perfect plan!” Surely the human mind and heart are cunning.
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An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.
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Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice.
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Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
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“Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
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“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, his upper rooms by injustice, making his own people work for nothing, not paying them for their labor.
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He answered me, “The sin of the people of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great; the land is full of bloodshed and the city is full of injustice. They say, ‘The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see.’
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Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds.
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“Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by injustice!
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Breaking Covenant Through Injustice
You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?”
