This is a beautiful selection of Scriptures, carefully chosen to
minimize your reading. I urge you to read them all.
Psalms 9:4 For you [LORD] have upheld my right
and my cause; you have sat on your throne, judging righteously. . . . (8)
He will judge the world in righteousness; he will govern the peoples with justice. (9) The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of
trouble. (10) Those who know your name will trust in you, for
you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. . . . (12) For he who avenges blood remembers; he does not ignore the
cry of the afflicted . . . (16) The LORD is known by
his justice; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.
Psalms 33:4 For the word of the LORD is right and
true; he is faithful in all he does. (5) The LORD loves
righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
Psalms 36:5 Your love, O LORD, reaches to the
heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. (6) Your righteousness is
like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O LORD, you preserve both man and
beast. (7) How priceless is your unfailing love! Both high and low
among men find refuge in the shadow of your wings.
Psalms 50:6 And the heavens proclaim his
righteousness, for God himself is judge.
Psalms 67:4 May the nations be glad and sing for
joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth.
Psalms 89:14 Righteousness and justice are the
foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.
Psalms 96:9 Worship the LORD in the splendor of
his holiness; tremble before him, all the earth. (10) Say among
the nations, ‘The LORD reigns.’ The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the
peoples with equity. (11) Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth
be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it; (12) let the
fields be jubilant, and everything in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy; (13) they will sing before the LORD, for he comes, he comes to judge
the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his truth.
Psalms 103:6 The LORD works righteousness and
justice for all the oppressed . . . (8) The LORD is
compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. (9) He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger for ever; (10) he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to
our iniquities. (11) For as high as the heavens are above the
earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; (12) as far as
the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. (13) As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has
compassion on those who fear him; (14) for he knows how we
are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
Psalms 145:7 They will celebrate your abundant
goodness and joyfully sing of your righteousness. (8) The LORD
is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. (9) The LORD is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made. (10) All you have made will praise you, O LORD; your saints will extol
you . . . (13) Your kingdom is an everlasting
kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all his
promises and loving towards all he has made. (14) The LORD
upholds all those who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. (15) The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. (16) You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.
(17) The LORD is righteous in all his ways and loving towards all
he has made.
Isaiah 11:4 [about the Messiah] with
righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He
will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. (5) Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash round his
waist.
Isaiah 16:5 [about the Messiah] In love a throne
will be established; in faithfulness a man will sit on it – one from the house of David – one who in
judging seeks justice and speeds the cause of righteousness.
Isaiah 26:9 When your judgments come upon the
earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
Jeremiah 9:24 but let him who boasts boast about
this: that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and
righteousness on earth, for in these I delight, declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 11:20 But, O LORD Almighty, you who
judge righteously and test the heart and mind . . .
Daniel 4:37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and
exalt and glorify the King of heaven, because everything he does is right and all his ways are just.
And those who walk in pride he is able to humble.
Zephaniah 3:5 The LORD within her is righteous;
he does no wrong. Morning by morning he dispenses his justice, and every new day he does not fail,
yet the unrighteous know no shame.
Ephesians 6:9 And masters, treat your slaves in
the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in
heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.
1 Peter 1:17 Since you call on a Father who
judges each man’s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear.
Revelation 15:3 . . . ‘Great and
marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages. (4) Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For
you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been
revealed.’
Revelation 16:5 . . . ‘You are just in
these judgments, you who are and who were, the Holy One, because you have so judged
. . .’ (7) And I heard the altar respond: ‘Yes, Lord
God Almighty, true and just are your judgments.’
Revelation 19:11 . . . there before me
was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.
2 Chronicles 19:7 . . . for with the LORD our God
there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.
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