Category: equality-justice-fairness
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No Partiality or Perversion of Justice
You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor shall you bear witness in a lawsuit, siding with the many, so as to pervert justice, nor shall you be partial to…
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Never Put to Shame
Kings will be your guardians, and their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick the dust of your feet; and you will know that I am the LORD; those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame. Isaiah 49:23 kit: A Thankful…
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In the Safety
“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD; “I will place him in the safety for which he longs.” Psalms 12:5 kit: Fall Breeze by Sekada Designs
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Reign in Righteousness
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in justice. Each will be like a hiding place from the wind, a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land. Isaiah 32:1-2 kit: Fall Breezes by Sekada Designs
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Dwell and Abide
Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the fruitful field. Isaiah 32:16 kit: Autumn Cuties by Kristmess Designs
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Judge the Peoples
Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength! Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; bring an offering, and come into his courts! Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth! Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns! Yes,…
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Mercy and Compassion
What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God’s part? By no means! For He says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” Romans 9:14-15 bundle: My Beloved by Just So Scrappy
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Appalled at This
The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent stirs himself up against the godless. Yet the righteous holds to his way, and he who has clean hands grows stronger and stronger. Job 17:8-9 2023 DSS Christmas carol blog hop mini-kits: The Christmas Song by Synergy Ink, Driving Home for Christmas by Lara’s Digital World,…
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His Mercy is Great
Then David said to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercy is great; but let me not fall into the hand of man.” 2 Samuel 24:14 collection: Feeling Frosty by Neia Scraps context: Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and…
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Not in Your Anger
I know, O LORD, that the way of man is not in himself, that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps. Correct me, O LORD, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing. Pour out your wrath on the nations that know you not, and on…
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My Vindication
Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry! Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit! From your presence let my vindication come! Let your eyes behold the right! Psalm 17:1-2 blended papers by DB Magnolia, Marisa Lerin; cluster by Connie Prince
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Why Should
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes – both calamity and blessing? Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins? Lamentations 3:38-39 quickpage: Warm N Woodsy by Curio Pantry; background paper: Jingle Bell Rock by Silvia Romeo
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The LORD Does Not Approve
To crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth, to deny a man justice in the presence of the Most High, to subvert a man in his lawsuit, the Lord does not approve. Lamentations 3:34-36 quickpage by ADB Designs
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I Shall Rise
Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD will be a light to me. I will bear the indignation of the LORD because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out…
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Judge the World
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all that fills it; let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees of the forest sing for joy before the LORD, for He comes, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the…
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Pursues Righteousness
The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but He loves him who pursues righteousness. Proverbs 15:9 quickpage by Over the Fence Designs (retired)
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Made Distinctions
For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You…
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If You Show Partiality
But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but…
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Seek Good and Not Evil
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. Amos…
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An Evil Time
For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins—you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate. Therefore he who is prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time. Amos 5:12-13 paper: Forever and Always by…
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Nest on High
“Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, setting his nest on high to escape the clutches of ruin! You have plotted the ruin of many peoples, shaming your own house and forfeiting your life.” Habakkuk 2:9-10 papers, elements by Holliewood Studios and Marta van Eck related: The pride of your heart has…
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Shows Forth His Justice
The LORD within her is righteous; He does no injustice; every morning He shows forth His justice; each dawn He does not fail; but the unjust knows no shame. “I have cut off nations; their battlements are in ruins; I have laid waste their streets so that no one walks in them; their cities have…
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For I the LORD
For I the LORD love justice; I hate robbery and wrong; I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Isaiah 61:8 kit: May 2022 Pickleberry Pop Mystery Box
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Showing Favoritism
These are grumblers, malcontents, following their own sinful desires; they are loud-mouthed boasters, showing favoritism to gain advantage. Jude 1:16 kit: For Love of Country by A Giving Heart Studio (retired); template by Cindy Schneider quote: “A society that puts equality—in the sense of equality of outcome*—ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality…
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Deceit and Oppression
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised. For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul, and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the LORD. In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts…