Bible Verses about “social injustice”
The Bible contains 37 verses about social injustice across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
“"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.”
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
“Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.”
“"You shall not murder.”
“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?”
“you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation of those who hate me,”
“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow."”
“"You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:”
“"You shall have no other gods before me.”
“"You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.”
“"You shall not commit adultery.”
“Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy."”
“for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.”
“"You shall not steal.”
“but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;”
“"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.”
“"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.”
“"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's."”
“You shall labor six days, and do all your work,”
“and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.”
“"I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.”
“If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.”
“God spoke all these words, saying,”
“Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.'”
“You shall most certainly not make alongside of me gods of silver, or gods of gold for yourselves.”
“You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.”
“All the people perceived the thunderings, the lightnings, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled, and stayed at a distance.”
“They said to Moses, "Speak with us yourself, and we will listen; but don't let God speak with us, lest we die."”
“Moses said to the people, "Don't be afraid, for God has come to test you, and that his fear may be before you, that you won't sin."”
“The people stayed at a distance, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.”
“Yahweh said to Moses, "This is what you shall tell the children of Israel: 'You yourselves have seen that I have talked with you from heaven.”
“Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, fullness of bread, and prosperous ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.”
“"'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.”
“They were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw [good].”
“Thus says Yahweh: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.”
“They plot injustice, saying, "We have made a perfect plan!" Surely man's mind and heart are cunning.”