Biblical Justice Quotes

“Western views of justice are primarily focused on how things should be done—laws, rules, and what should happen when laws are broken. In Hebrew thought, justice is focused on what life should be like. Justice in the Hebrew world was concerned not just with laws, but with enhancing all human life, especially the social world.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“God’s justice is higher than merely punishing someone who has committed an injustice—He desires to restore everything that was lost.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“Doing justice” meant not only “not doing wrong,” but also actively doing right and restoring what is broken.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“God’s justice is satisfied when there is restoration.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“Instead of using His righteousness as an excuse to distance Himself from people, God’s righteousness means that He comes so close that He can save His people.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“The welfare of you, your community, and the world are central to living righteousness. The Creator of the universe knows what we need to do to stay healthy, balanced, and free within the design of His creation. This is His how-to guide for living our healthiest, most relationally rich and happy life. Staying inside His boundary lines is ultimately for our own benefit. When we go outside them, we are hurting ourselves and others.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“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.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“Delight is God’s why behind the justice, righteousness, and steadfast love He practices. It’s not out of frustration or obligation, but delight.”
― Jessica Nicholas

“We need the Bible to find a unifying, God-centered, and gospel-centered expression of justice and righteousness that Christians can live out.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“For many of us, justice is something that is static, idealistic, and codified. In contrast, mishpat is dynamic, realistic, and creative.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“It might seem that righteousness means you have to live up to God’s standards, like when you are in school and have to do everything right in order to get a good grade. But a better way to think of righteousness is living inside God’s intended order.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“These righteous people were not boring—they were exciting, dynamic leaders characterized by their wholehearted loyalty to God and willingness to take huge steps of faith that didn’t make sense to the world around them.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness

“Justice and righteousness” was never meant to be the work of only one person, or one part of society. It should be the foundation of how everyone stewards their lives, as well as an integral, normal part of all of society. Every aspect of this world needs God’s “justice and righteousness.”
― Jessica Nicholas, God Loves Justice: A User-Friendly Guide to Biblical Justice and Righteousness