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Genesis 18.19:

No, for I have chosen^* him, that he may charge his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice; so that the Lord may bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.’

Exodus 23.1:

You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness.

Exodus 23.2:

You shall not follow a majority in wrongdoing; when you bear witness in a lawsuit, you shall not side with the majority so as to pervert justice;

Exodus 23.6:

You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in their lawsuits.

Leviticus 19.15:

You shall not render an unjust judgement; you shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great: with justice you shall judge your neighbour.

Deuteronomy 10.18:

who executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and who loves the strangers, providing them with food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 16.19:

You must not distort justice; you must not show partiality; and you must not accept bribes, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.

Deuteronomy 16.20:

Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, so that you may live and occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

Deuteronomy 24.17:

You shall not deprive a resident alien or an orphan of justice; you shall not take a widow’s garment in pledge.

Deuteronomy 27.19:

‘Cursed be anyone who deprives the alien, the orphan, and the widow of justice.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

Deuteronomy 33.21:

He chose the best for himself,
   for there a commander’s allotment was reserved;
he came at the head of the people,
   he executed the justice of the Lord,
   and his ordinances for Israel.

1 Samuel 7.17:

Then he would come back to Ramah, for his home was there; he administered justice there to Israel, and built there an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8.3:

Yet his sons did not follow in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.

2 Samuel 8.15:

So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

2 Samuel 15.4:

Absalom said moreover, ‘If only I were judge in the land! Then all who had a suit or cause might come to me, and I would give them justice.’

1 Kings 3.28:

All Israel heard of the judgement that the king had rendered; and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute justice.

1 Kings 7.7:

He made the Hall of the Throne where he was to pronounce judgement, the Hall of Justice, covered with cedar from floor to floor.

1 Kings 10.9:

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel for ever, he has made you king to execute justice and righteousness.’

1 Chronicles 18.14:

So David reigned over all Israel; and he administered justice and equity to all his people.

2 Chronicles 9.8:

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God. Because your God loved Israel and wished to establish them for ever, he has made you king over them, so that you may execute justice and righteousness.’