Injustice, examples of

Injustice can be found, in varying degrees of intensity, in every area of human relationships. It produces exploitation and suffering, both mental and physical.

Injustice occurs in family life

Mark 7:9–13 parallel Matthew 15:3–6 See also Genesis 27:35; Leviticus 20:9–10; Malachi 2:13–14; 1 Corinthians 7:4–5; Ephesians 6:4; Colossians 3:19, Colossians 3:21

He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition. For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God ), he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother. Thus you nullify the word of God by the tradition you have handed down. And you do so in many such matters.”

Injustice occurs in the community

Isaiah 59:14–15 See also Leviticus 19:16; Deuteronomy 19:14, Deuteronomy 23:24–25, Deuteronomy 24:6–7; Psalm 101:5; Proverbs 3:28–30, Proverbs 22:28, Proverbs 23:10–11; Jeremiah 17:11

So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. Truth is missing, and whoever turns from evil becomes prey. The LORD looked and was displeased that there was no justice.

Injustice occurs in the business world

Hosea 12:7 See also Leviticus 19:35; Proverbs 11:1; 1 Timothy 6:10

A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.

Injustice occurs in courts of law

Proverbs 24:23–24 See also Psalm 26:10; Proverbs 14:5, Proverbs 28:21; Isaiah 5:22–23, Isaiah 29:21; Hosea 10:4; Amos 5:12; Habakkuk 1:4; Malachi 2:9; Acts 16:36–37

These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good. Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;

Injustice can be caused by rulers and governments

Isaiah 10:1–2 See also Exodus 1:10–11; Psalm 58:1–2, Psalm 94:20–21; Proverbs 29:4, Proverbs 31:4–5; Ecclesiastes 5:8–9; Isaiah 1:21; Micah 3:8; Habakkuk 2:9Luke 23:4–25 parallels Matthew 27:15–26, Mark 15:6–15, John 18:38–40 See also Romans 13:1–4 the proper role of governing authorities

Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.