Ecclesiastes 3:16

Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 5:8

If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them.

1 Kings 21:9-21

Now she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

Psalm 58:1-2

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods?
Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

Psalm 82:2-5

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.

Psalm 94:21-22

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned back,
And righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.

Micah 2:2

They covet fields and then seize them,
And houses, and take them away.
They rob a man and his house,
A man and his inheritance.

Micah 7:3

Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her princes within her are roaring lions,
Her judges are wolves at evening;
They leave nothing for the morning.

Matthew 26:59

Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.

Acts 23:3

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?”

James 2:6

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?

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Ecclesiastes 3:16

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

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Now she wrote in the letters, saying, “Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people;

For the choir director; set to Al-tashheth. A Mikhtam of David.
Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods?
Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?

How long will you judge unjustly
And show partiality to the wicked?

Selah.

They band themselves together against the life of the righteous
And condemn the innocent to death.

Justice is turned back,

And righteousness stands far away;
For truth has stumbled in the street,
And uprightness cannot enter.

They covet fields and then seize them,
And houses, and take them away.
They

rob a man and his house,

A man and his inheritance.

Concerning evil, both hands do it well.
The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe,
And a great man speaks the desire of his soul;
So they weave it together.

Her princes within her are roaring lions,
Her judges are wolves at evening;
They leave nothing for the morning.

Now the chief priests and the whole

Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death.

Then Paul said to him, “God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?”

But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court?