Making sure everyone gets what is right and fair, especially in how people are treated and decisions are made.
Key References
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
All Scripture References (23)
1 Chronicles (1)
I know, my God, that You test the heart and delight in uprightness. All these things I have given willingly and with an upright heart, and now I have seen Your people who are present here giving joyfully and willingly to You.
Psalms (9)
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
Let the peoples praise You, O God; let all the peoples praise You.
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
No, in your hearts you devise injustice; with your hands you mete out violence on the earth.
When the earth and all its dwellers quake, it is I who bear up its pillars. Selah
Declare among the nations: “The LORD reigns!” The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Proverbs (5)
and for receiving instruction in wise living and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
Then you will discern righteousness and justice and equity—every good path.
Listen, for I speak of noble things, and the opening of my lips will reveal right.
My inmost being will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
Song of Solomon (2)
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
Isaiah (4)
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
Daniel (1)
After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
Malachi (1)
True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.