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TSK · Zechariah 7:9

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Justice, Love, and Propriety“‘You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing.

Provision for Justice You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the LORD your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly.

He says,“How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked?(Selah)

To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly.

O royal family descended from David. The LORD says:‘See to it that people each day are judged fairly. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you. It will burn like a fire that cannot be put out because of the evil that you have done.

Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

Amos 5:24 TSK

Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.

Should you not have obeyed the words that the LORD cried out through the former prophets when Jerusalem was peacefully inhabited and her surrounding cities, the Negev, and the foothills were also populated?

“Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law– justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

John 7:51 TSK

“Our law doesn’t condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?”