Preferring Justice

“You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. For the Lord your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.” [1]

Some cultures exalt the person who is able to take advantage of the other, but to God such dealings are detestable. Our Lord Jesus suffered loss for the sake of saving sinners.

“Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit.” [2]

“By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down.” [3]

Let us pray for those in authority that they would govern their people with justice and that they would arrest those who try to bribe them.

[1] Deuteronomy 25:15-16
[2] 1 Peter 3:18
[3] Proverbs 29:4