Velvalea Hortense Rodgers “Vel” Phillips (1923 – 2018) was an American attorney, politician, jurist, and Civil Rights activist, who served as an alderperson and judge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and as Secretary of State of Wisconsin (1978-1982), often as the first woman and/or African-American in her position.
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah 1:17
Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. Isaiah 10:1-2
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him! Isaiah 30:18
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. Matthew 23:23
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Amos 5:24
Justice is a big deal with God. The word is used 130 times in the Bible, 115 times in the Old Testament — 30 times in Isaiah alone. (And that is just the English word, “justice.” There are many other times justice and injustice are spoken of using other words or concepts that mean basically the same thing.) Justice is high on God’s list of values; right up there with righteousness, mercy, faithfulness and love. It is impossible to ignore in the scriptures.
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