Lexicon :: Strong's H5766 - ʿevel

“Do not act unjustly when deciding a case. Do not be partial to the poor or give preference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.

“Do not be unfair in measurements of length, weight, or volume.

“For everyone who does such things and acts unfairly is detestable to the LORD your God.

The Rock ​— ​his work is perfect;

all his ways are just.

A faithful God, without bias,

he is righteous and true.

Your hands were not bound,

your feet not placed in bronze shackles.

You fell like one who falls victim to criminals.

And all the people wept over him even more.

“I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done

“I will designate a place for my people Israel and plant them, so that they may live there and not be disturbed again. Evildoers will not continue to oppress them as they have done

“And now, may the terror of the LORD be on you. Watch what you do, for there is no injustice or partiality or taking bribes with the LORD our God.”

So the poor have hope,

and injustice shuts its mouth.

Reconsider; don’t be unjust.

Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.

if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,

and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents —

Would you testify unjustly on God’s behalf

or speak deceitfully for him?

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,

who drinks injustice like water?

If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed.

If you banish injustice from your tent

The womb forgets them;

worms feed on them;

they are remembered no more.

So injustice is broken like a tree.

my lips will not speak unjustly,

and my tongue will not utter deceit.

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.

It is impossible for God to do wrong,

and for the Almighty to act unjustly.

“Teach me what I cannot see;

if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”

Who has appointed his way for him,

and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?

LORD my God, if I have done this,

if there is injustice on my hands,

Do not be agitated by evildoers;

do not envy those who do wrong.

[fn]Vindicate me, God, and champion my cause

against an unfaithful nation;

rescue me from the deceitful and unjust person.

The fool says in his heart, “There’s no God.”

They are corrupt, and they do vile deeds.

There is no one who does good.

No, you practice injustice in your hearts;

with your hands you weigh out violence in the land.

They devise crimes and say,

“We have perfected a secret plan.”

The inner man and the heart are mysterious.

“How long will you judge unjustly

and show partiality to the wicked?Selah

“The enemy will not oppress[fn] him;

the wicked will not afflict him.

to declare, “The LORD is just;

he is my rock,

and there is no unrighteousness in him.”

The upright see it and rejoice,

and all injustice shuts its mouth.

They do nothing wrong;

they walk in his ways.

The scepter of the wicked will not remain

over the land allotted to the righteous,

so that the righteous will not apply their hands to injustice.

The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,

and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

An unjust person is detestable to the righteous,

and one whose way is upright

is detestable to the wicked.

For your hands are defiled with blood

and your fingers, with iniquity;

your lips have spoken lies,

and your tongues mutter injustice.

This is what the LORD says:

What fault did your ancestors find in me

that they went so far from me,

followed worthless idols,

and became worthless themselves?

“Now if a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly, and I put a stumbling block in front of him, he will die. If you did not warn him, he will die because of his sin, and the righteous acts he did will not be remembered. Yet I will hold you responsible for his blood.

“He doesn’t lend at interest or for profit but keeps his hand from injustice and carries out true justice between men.

“But when a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly, committing the same detestable acts that the wicked do, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. He will die because of the treachery he has engaged in and the sin he has committed.

“When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and acts unjustly, he will die for this. He will die because of the injustice he has committed.

“From the day you were created

you were blameless in your ways

until wickedness was found in you.

“You profaned your sanctuaries

by the magnitude of your iniquities

in your dishonest trade.

So I made fire come from within you,

and it consumed you.

I reduced you to ashes on the ground

in the sight of everyone watching you.

“When I tell the righteous person that he will surely live, but he trusts in his righteousness and acts unjustly, then none of his righteousness will be remembered, and he will die because of the injustice he has committed.

he returns collateral, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without committing injustice ​— ​he will certainly live; he will not die.

When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits injustice, he will die for it.

You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice;

you have eaten the fruit of lies.

Because you have trusted in your own way[fn]

and in your large number of soldiers,

who build Zion with bloodshed

and Jerusalem with injustice.

Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed

and founds a town with injustice!

The righteous LORD is in her;

he does no wrong.

He applies his justice morning by morning;

he does not fail at dawn,

yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.

The remnant of Israel will no longer

do wrong or tell lies;

a deceitful tongue will not be found

in their mouths.

They will pasture and lie down,

with nothing to make them afraid.