And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with Just judgment.
But thou shalt have a perfect and Just weight, a perfect and Just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a Justman that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be Justmen, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a Just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the Just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the Just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
The Just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he isJust, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the Just and on the unjust.
When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that Just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this Just person: see ye to it.
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the Just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man wasJust and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine Just persons, which need no repentance.
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves Just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is Just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a Just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things areJust, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of Just men made perfect,
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.