Truth, Transparency, Justice, Protection of the Vulnerable

Deuteronomy 16:19-20 
“You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous. You shall follow justice, and only justice, so that you may live and inherit the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”

Job 12:22 
“He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.”

Psalm 33:5 
“He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord.”

Psalm 37:30
“The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.”

Proverbs 11:1-6 
“A false balance is an abomination to the Lord, but a just weight is his delight. When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but their lust takes the treacherous ones captive.”

Proverbs 21:15
“When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.”

Proverbs 24:24-25
“Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them.”

Proverbs 28:5
“Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.”

Proverbs 29:7
“A righteous man knows the rights of the poor; a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.” 

Isaiah 1:17
“Learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, plead the widow’s cause.” 

Isaiah 61:8-9
“For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense and make an everlasting covenant with them. Their offspring shall be known among the nations, and their descendants in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are an offspring the Lord has blessed.”

Amos 5:24
“But let justice roll down like waters and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”

Micah 6:8
“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God?”

Matthew 18:6-7
“but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world for temptations to sin! For it is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the one by whom the temptation comes!” 

John 3:20 – “For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.”

John 7:24 – “Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

1 Corinthians 5:11-13 – “But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.””

Ephesians 5:8-14a – “for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light.”

2 Timothy 4:9-10, 14-15 – “Do your best to come to me soon. For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.…. Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. Beware of him yourself, for he strongly opposed our message.”