Social Justice Activism

Biblical Authority
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Psalm 89:14 (NIV)
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Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before
you.
Isaiah 1:17
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Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead
the case of the widow.
Micah 6:8
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He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act
justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
Deuteronomy 32:4
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He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no
wrong, upright and just is he.
Psalm 82:3
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Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
Zechariah 7:9-10
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“This is what the LORD Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to
one another. 10 Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. Do not plot
evil against each other.’
Proverbs 31:8-9
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Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
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Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Jeremiah 22:3
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This is what the LORD says: Do what is just and right. Rescue from the hand of the oppressor
the one who has been robbed. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless or the
widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place.
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