Isaiah 1:17

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Judge the fatherless. Plead for the widow.””

— WEB

“Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

— KJV

“learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.”

— ASV

Micah 6:8 "He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?"
Jeremiah 22:3 "Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no viole…"
Psalms 82:3-4 "“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed."
Proverbs 31:9 "Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”"
Isaiah 1:23 "Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They don’t judge the fatherless…"
Zechariah 7:9-10 "“Thus has Yahweh of Armies spoken, saying, ‘Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother."
Jeremiah 22:15-16 "“Should you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was …"
Daniel 4:27 "Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to…"

seek judgment--justice, as magistrates, instead of seeking bribes (Jer 22:3, Jer 22:16). judge--vindicate (Psa 68:5; Jam 1:27).

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