The best Bible verses for justice (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for justice (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them."Ecclesiastes 5:8
"If you see in a province the oppression of the poor and the violation of justice and righteousness, do not be amazed at the matter, for the high official is watched by a higher, and there are yet higher ones over them."Ecclesiastes 5:8
"So the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; so justice goes forth perverted."Habakkuk 1:4
"learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow's cause."Isaiah 1:17
"How the faithful city has become a whore, she who was full of justice! Righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers."Isaiah 1:21
"But the LORD of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness."Isaiah 5:16
"to turn aside the needy from justice and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!"Isaiah 10:2
"then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness.”"Isaiah 16:5
"and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate."Isaiah 28:6
"And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plumb line; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.”"Isaiah 28:17
"who by a word make a man out to be an offender, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and with an empty plea turn aside him who is in the right."Isaiah 29:21
"Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him."Isaiah 30:18
"Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field."Isaiah 32:16
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for justice (ESV) are Ecclesiastes 5:8, Habakkuk 1:4, Isaiah 1:17. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to justice (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for justice (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.