Daily Prayer Calendar - May

(Prepared by Lilian Schmid)

31 Days of Biblical Verses for Law and Justice
during the month of May 2016

  1. Proverbs 21:15
    When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
  2. Proverbs 28:5
    Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
  3. Amos 5:24
    But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
  4. Psalm 37:27-29
    Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever. For the LORD loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish. The righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever.
  5. Romans 12:19
    Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord.
  6. Isaiah 30:18-19
    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! People of Zion, who live in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious he will be when you cry for help! As soon as he hears, he will answer you.
  7. Micah 6:8
    He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
  8. Isaiah 61:8-9
    For I, the LORD, love justice; I hate robbery and wrongdoing. In my faithfulness I will reward my people and make an everlasting covenant with them. Their descendants will be known among the nations and their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will acknowledge that they are a people the LORD has blessed.
  9. Isaiah 1:17
    Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
  10. Psalm 106:3
    Blessed are those who act justly, who always do what is right.
  11. Zechariah 7:9
    This is what the LORD Almighty said: "Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another."
  12. Deuteronomy 16:20
    Follow justice and justice alone, so that you may live and possess the land the LORD your God is giving you.
  13. Proverbs 29:7
    The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
  14. Leviticus 19:15
    Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favouritism to the great, but judge your neighbour fairly.
  15. Psalm 33:5
    The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
  16. Isaiah 51:4-5
    Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: Instruction will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations. My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm.
  17. Psalm 99:4
    The strength of the King loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  18. Deuteronomy 6:6-7
    These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  19. Galatians 5:22-23
    But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
  20. Deuteronomy 28:1
    If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
  21. Matthew 7:12
    So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
  22. John 15:12
    My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.
  23. Galatians 6:2
    Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
  24. Proverbs 21:21
    Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honour.
  25. Psalm 37:28
    For the Lord loves the just and will not forsake his faithful ones. Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed; the offspring of the wicked will perish.
  26. Galatians 6:7
    Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
  27. 1 Thessalonians 5:15
    Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else.
  28. 1 Peter 3:14
    But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened."
  29. Titus 2:11-12
    For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age.
  30. Psalm 1:1
    Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers.
  31. Philippians 4:8
    Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things.

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