I'm going to do a little study this summer on the language and work of biblical justice. I ran off the Scriptures that have the word "justice" in them. In the NIV, the word appears 134 times. Here are a few of my observations from Scripture as to what we should and should not do in regards to justice...
Do not...
Do not pervert justice (found in 8 scriptures)
Do not deny justice (found in 8 scriptures)
Do not deprive justice (found in 8 scriptures)
Do not withhold justice (found twice)
Do not discredit justice
Do not mock justice
Do not neglect justice
Do not lack understanding of justice
Do not hate justice
Do...
administer justice (found in 6 scriptures)
maintain justice (found in 5 scriptures)
walk in the paths of justice
conduct your affairs with justice
seek justice
care about justice
know justice
follow justice
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