808 Quotes About Social-justice

Happiness is a mark of the righteous- not frustration, boredom, or a judgmental attitude.

God’s personal, passionate concern for justice and righteousness was the starting place for His people to build them into every part of their culture. The place we should all live from is “justice and righteousness.” Everything we do, from the way we raise our families to the way we run our businesses to our own relationships with the vulnerable, should reflect “justice and righteousness.

In general, people’s views of the Old Testament have often been determined by the picture they see of its social consequences and implications.

God’s justice is satisfied when there is restoration.

God’s justice is higher than merely punishing someone who has committed an injustice—He desires to restore everything that was lost.

The list of what righteousness does is a list of things that most people would want: it delivers from death (see Proverbs 11:4); gives life (see Proverbs 12:28); exalts a nation (see Proverbs 14:34); establishes the king’s throne (see Proverbs 16:12); and brings blessings (see Psalm 106:3), rewards (see Proverbs 11:18), and peace (see Isaiah 32:17).

I thought that righteous people were the types that liked rules for the sake of rules. But really, righteous people love things like people, relationship, happiness, connection, holistic prosperity, and community.

Righteous people fulfill God’s commands and work for the wholeness and justice of their community.

Doing “justice and righteousness” means loving the things that lead to life and actively righting the wrongs that keep people from experiencing life as God created it to be.