Scripture References: Justice

Scripture References

Old Testament

Genesis

Genesis

The story of Babel championing linguistic diversity

Genesis

On God’s creation being very good, and human’s covenantal responsibility to steward creation

Genesis

Celebrating the natural world

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Genesis 1

God’s unstinting abundant creation

Genesis 1:31

The original creations as the exemplar of just state of affairs

Genesis 3:14-19

The consequences of the fall as an examples of second order justice: the fall from primordial goodness of creation necessitates judgment

Genesis 11

The story of Babel, championing linguistic diversity

Genesis 12

On righteousness as a theological not moral conception: people set right before God in Abrahamic covenant

Exodus

Exodus 18:12-23

On requiring judges to be capable, God-fearing, trustworthy and averse to dishonest gain

Exodus 20:5

On punishing sons for the sin of fathers, a prima facie challenge to the idea that God abides by the principle of justice

Exodus 21:23-24

On the concern of proportionality in justice

Exodus 23:2

On second-order justice (mishpat) and righteousness (tsedaqah) in the courts

Leviticus

Leviticus

On first love command

Leviticus

On second-order justice in the courts

Leviticus

On the Sabbath and treating nature justly

Leviticus 18

The command to love your neighbors

Leviticus 19:9-10

On the implicit right to food though the provision of gleaning

Leviticus 19:15

On loving by acting justly

Leviticus 19:15

On second-order justice (mishpat) and righteousness (tsedaqah) in the courts

Leviticus 19:18

On the first love commandment

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Leviticus 19:18

On loving the other beyond duty and law

Leviticus 20, 4

On justice in judicial proceedings

Leviticus 25

The principle of Jubilee as a safeguard against excessive agricultural property and permanent alienation from economic resources

Leviticus 25:8-22

On the Jubilee and treating nature justly

Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 1:16-17

On second-order justice (mishpat) and righteousness (tsedaqah) in the courts

Deuteronomy 1:16

On the requirement on kings and judges to enact just judgment

Deuteronomy 5:12-14

On the Sabbath and treating nature justly

Deuteronomy 6:5

On the first love command

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

On justice in judicial proceedings

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Deuteronomy 24:16

On the concern of proportionality in justice, inherited or transferable guilt

Deuteronomy 32:4

On what justice (mishpat/krima) mean in the OT: justice as an attribute of God

Deuteronomy 32:4

On justice as an attribute of God

Judges

Judges 12

The story of shibboleth, on identifying and killing Ephraimites based on their language

Judges 12

On linguistic discrimination against the minority Ephraimites

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 8:15

On the intimate association between judgment (mishpat) and justice (tsedaqah) being instantiated on David

1 Kings

1 Kings 10:9

On the intimate association between judgment (mishpat) and justice (tsedaqah) being instantiated on Solomon

2 Kings

2 Kings 23:25-26

Challenge to the idea that God abides by the principle of justice

2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 9:8

On the intimate association between judgment (mishpat) and justice (tsedaqah) being instantiated on Solomon

2 Chronicles 12:6

On justice as God’s concern for all

2 Chronicles 18:14

On the intimate association between judgment (mishpat) and justice (tsedaqah) being instantiated on David

Nehemiah

Nehemiah 9:33

On justice as God’s concern for all

Job

Job 29:16, 31:21

On what righteousness (tzedek/dikaiousune) mean in the OT: righteousness as a relationship with God which leads to flourishing

Psalm(s)

Psalm(s) 8

Celebrating the natural world

Psalm(s) 37:28

God’s people are expected to act justly in obedience to the covenant

Psalm(s) 62

On God’s mercy

Psalm(s) 65:1

On justice as worshipping god and giving God what is due God

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Psalm(s) 65:9-13, 95:4-5, 96:1-6, 104

Natural world as God’s excellences and gifts

Psalm(s) 67:4, 96:13, 98:9

On justice as an attribute of God

Psalm(s) 72

On good kingship

Psalm(s) 99:4

On the intimate association between judgment (mishpat) and justice (tsedaqah) being instantiated on king Messiah

Psalm(s) 106:3

As justice in our ordinary affairs; on doing justice and showing mercy in disasters

Proverbs

Proverbs 8:18, 114:23, 31:9

On what righteousness (tzedek/dikaiousune) mean in the OT: righteousness as a relationship with God which leads to flourishing

Proverbs 28:5

God’s people are expected to act justly in obedience to the covenant

Isaiah

Isaiah 1:27

On redeeming Zion with justice

Isaiah 12:16-17

On justice and shalom

Isaiah 28:6

On justice as an attribute of God

Isaiah 33:5

On the intimate association between judgment (mishpat) and justice (tsedaqah) being instantiated on God

Isaiah 51:4-5

On what justice (mishpat/krima) mean in the OT: justice as an attribute of God, on God’s justice extended to all nations

Isaiah 58:6-7

On God’s demand for justice

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Isaiah 61:3

On building epistemic justice as good new for the oppressed

Isaiah 61:8

On the love of the Lord for justice

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Isaiah 61:8

On justice orientations to institutions

Jeremiah

Jeremiah

On loving by acting justly

Jeremiah

On first love commandment

Jeremiah

On loving the other beyond duty and law

Jeremiah

On the Jubilee and treating nature justly

Jeremiah

On second-order justice in the courts

Jeremiah 9:24

On justice as an attribute of God

Jeremiah 9:24

On the intimate association between judgment (mishpat) and justice (tsedaqah) being instantiated on God

Jeremiah 23:5, 33:15

On the intimate association between judgment (mishpat) and justice (tsedaqah) being instantiated on king Messiah

Jeremiah 31:28-30

On the claim that “our fathers sinned but only we are punished”

Ezekiel

Ezekiel 18

On the claim that “our fathers sinned but only we are punished”

Ezekiel 34:16

On what justice (mishpat/krima) mean in the OT: justice as an attribute of God

Amos

Amos

As a lens for thinking Christianly about international justice

Amos 5:24

On the relationship between justice and judgment

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Micah

Micah 4:4

On the relationship between economic security to property ownership

Micah 6

On the challenge to balance both the need to do justice and provide loving kindness

Micah 6:8

On “mishpat” referring to first order justice

Micah 6:8

On social systemic justice

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Micah 7:1

Laws and social practices of Israel almost always refers to social (systemic) justice and injustice

Habakkuk

Habakkuk 1:1-4

On why God’s righteous ones suffer

Habakkuk 2:3-4

On contextual meanings of “righteousness” in OT

New Testament

Matthew

Matthew 5-7

On the pursuit of righteousness as a feature of the inner life of God’s people

Matthew 5:1-12

Beatitudes: peace-making better than pursuing rights in some legal contexts

Matthew 5:6

On “righteousness” better translated as “justice”

Matthew 5:6

On different contextual reading of hungering for righteousness compared to Luke 7:21

Matthew 10:8

On healing the sick beyond the requirement of justice

Matthew 12:17-20

On Jesus’ ministry of justice

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Matthew 22:34-40

On the two love commands

Matthew 22:34-40

All of justice hangs on love

Matthew 22:37-40

Love of God and love of neighbor is the foundation of all of the law, of all of ethics

Matthew 25:31-46

The parable of Sheep and Goats, condemnation for doing nothing, not acting justly

Matthew 26:73

On Peter’s accent giving him away near Jesus’ trial

Mark

Mark 9:40

On our participation with God in bringing justice to the world

Mark 12:28-34

On the two love commands

Luke

Luke 2:14, 4:18

On socio-political transformation through the gospel

Luke 4

On Jesus’ proclamation of justice

Luke 4

On justice orientations to institutions of TLOs

Luke 4:16-21

On Jesus construing his ministry as entailing justice

Luke 4:18-21

Justice and the Kingdom of God

Luke 6:21, 24-5

On the blessings due those in an unjust social system

Luke 7:21

On different contextual reading of hungering for righteousness than Mat 5:6

Luke 10:25-37

The parable of Good Samaritan and its application to disaster relief

Luke 10:25-37

Martin Luther King’s interpretation on fixing the Jericho Road

Luke 10:25-37

On how to avoid behaving like priests and Levites, acting unjustly, directly or indirectly

Luke 10:25-37

On the two love commands

Luke 20:25

On complex space and the inherent freedom of communities to associate and govern themselves

John

John 1:14, 14:6

On truth as an attribute of Jesus

John 1:46

On linguistic injustice and derogated regional accents of Jesus and the disciples

John 13:30

To be just one must be loving

Acts

Acts 2

Pentecost as the affirmation of linguistic identity

Acts 4:19, 5:29

On obeying God rather than men when our obligations to God and men conflict

Romans

Romans 1:16-17

On the virtue of justice and our need to recover to it in and through the Gospel

Romans 1:17

On the main theme of Romans, not righteousness but justice

Romans 1:17

On contextual meanings of “righteousness” in NT

Romans 2:6, 11, 13, 14-15, 26-29

Pauline Dilemma between faith and works

Romans 2:11

On God’s impartiality, acting justly

Romans 3:19-20, 5:13, 5:20, 7:1, 7:8,9,11

On what the works of Law and circumcision “in the letter” entails, part of the solution to the question “what justifies us? Grace or works?”

Romans 3:20, 24

On God not abiding by the principles of justice, but mercy and grace

Romans 3:23

Sin as injustice and falling short of God’s intention for creation: perfect beauty

Romans 4

On righteousness as a theological not moral conception: people set right before God in Abrahamic covenant

Romans 8:4

Justification through the spirit

Romans 12:1-2

Using biblical principles to transform our world towards justice

Romans 13:1-7

On submitting to authorities because they are instituted by God

Romans 13:1-4

On the tasks and duties of good government

Romans 13:4

On rulers being servants of go and responsible to judge justly against wrongdoers

Romans 13:9-10

Love of God and love of neighbor is the foundation of all of the law, of all of ethics

Romans 13:18

Love is the basis on which we act justly

1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 5:8

On truth as a virtue enjoined on Christians

1 Corinthians 13

A theory of love as the basis for justice

2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 3:3, 6

On the “works of the law” and the circumcision “in the letter”

2 Corinthians 5:20

On Christians being ambassadors of the kingdom of heaven and owing the highest allegiance to Jesus

2 Corinthians 6:7

On truth as a virtue enjoined on Christians

Galatians

Galatians 3

On righteousness as a theological not moral conception: people set right before God in Abrahamic covenant

Galatians 3:11

On contextual meanings of “righteousness” in NT

Ephesians

Ephesians 2:12, 19

On heavenly citizenship

Ephesians 4:24

On truth as a virtue enjoined on Christians

Ephesians 6:20

On Christians being ambassadors of the kingdom of heaven and owing the highest allegiance to Jesus

Philippians

Philippians 3:20

On heavenly citizenship

1 Timothy

1 Timothy 6:15

On Jesus being the king of kings and lord of lords thus deserving of our highest allegiance

Hebrews

Hebrews 10:37-38

On contextual meanings of “righteousness” in NT

James

James 1-5

On justice for agricultural producers

1 Peter

1 Peter 1:1, 2:11

On heavenly citizenship

1 Peter 2:13-14

On submitting to authorities because they are instituted by God

1 Peter 2:17

On honor, love, fear of God being expressions of justice

Revelation

Revelation 17:14, 19:16

On Jesus being the king of kings and lord of lords thus deserving of our highest allegiance