12. If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth
the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know
it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
PROV. XXI, 7. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because
they refuse to do judgment.
ISAIAH LVIII, 6. Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the
bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the
oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
7. Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the
poor that are cast out of thy house? when thou seest the naked, that
thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
8. Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health
shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before
thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rearward.
9. Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry,
and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee
the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;
10. And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the
afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy
darkness be as noonday:
11. And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered
garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.
MICAH VI, 8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth
the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to
walk humbly with thy God?
PROV. XXI, 3. To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the
Lord than sacrifice.
DEUT. XVI, 20. That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that
thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth
thee.
ROM. XIII, 7. Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom
tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to
whom honor.
8. Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law.
2 CHRON. XVI, 9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout
the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose
heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly:
therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
PSALM IV, 3. But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly
for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him.
PSALM V, 12. For thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt
thou compass him as with a shield.
PSALM XXXVII, 3. Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell
in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
PSALM XCII, 12. The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree: he
shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in
the courts of our God.
14. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat
and flourishing;
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