Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.


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Proverbs 12 21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Proverbs 16 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Proverbs 10 6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Exodus 23 6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Ezra 7 26 And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.
Exodus 23 3 Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Amos 3 10 For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.
Ezekiel 45 9 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD.
Isaiah 32 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Proverbs 18 5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 21 15 It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.
Jeremiah 22 3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Job 34 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
Isaiah 1 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
1 Corinthians 6 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Zechariah 7 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
Psalms 109 12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
Proverbs 24 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Exodus 22 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Colossians 3 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
Ecclesiastes 10 4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.
Proverbs 10 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Ezekiel 20 25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live;
Proverbs 28 2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
Lamentations 5 12 Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.
Acts 25 27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.
Jeremiah 38 4 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
Isaiah 40 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Proverbs 21 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Proverbs 14 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.
Proverbs 10 7 The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Psalms 89 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
James 1 20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
Daniel 11 21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Numbers 35 31 Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
Ecclesiastes 8 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Ezekiel 46 18 Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession.
Proverbs 8 15 By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
Proverbs 29 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
Job 10 3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?
Proverbs 11 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Leviticus 19 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Isaiah 26 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Ecclesiastes 4 13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Proverbs 11 21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
Deuteronomy 24 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Romans 4 15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
1 Samuel 24 13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
Psalms 69 33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Proverbs 17 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.