JUSTICE
(See also Equality; Impartiality; Injustice; Judging; Judgment; Judicial Decisions; Retribution; Vengeance)
basis for worldwide:
descent from one man: w89 2/15 8-9
Bible usage: cl 109
business and finances: jd 72-77
compared with righteousness: it-2 140; w88 5/1 30
criminal justice:
Bible times: it-1 548-552
Law covenant: w19.02 23-24; it-1 549-551
discussion: it-2 140-141; w89 2/15 3-15
exercising justice: ijwbv article 25; cl 158-167; w12 11/1 22; w09 3/15 27; w03 8/15 20; w98 8/1 6, 14-15; w98 8/15 30; w88 3/15 16-17
elders: cl 164-167; jd 77-82; ip-1 27; w98 8/1 15-17; w89 9/15 18
“eye for eye”: ijwbq article 149; cl 131, 133; w21.03 32; it-1 342, 550; it-2 1088; w14 9/1 8-9; g 9/10 10; w09 9/1 22; wi 14
failure of human efforts to bring: g 7/12 7; w97 11/15 3-6; w89 2/15 3-4
for all mankind: wp17.3 16; g 5/12 8-9; w07 8/15 25-26; w98 8/1 4-6; w97 11/15 5-7
Jesus’ role: cl 156-157; w09 1/15 23; ip-2 37; w98 8/1 5, 11; w89 2/15 10-15
past injustices: w89 2/15 14
Source of: w89 2/15 4-10
when: w89 10/15 22-23
Hebrew word: w98 8/1 7-8
impartiality: it-1 1192-1194
importance: w98 8/1 7; w88 5/1 30
Jehovah: scl 64; cl 107-167; wp19.1 8-9; it-2 140; rr 122-123; jr 146-149; rk 12; jd 70-71; w03 7/1 11-12; w98 6/15 28-29; w98 8/1 7-12; ct 81-83; w96 3/15 21-23; w89 3/1 19-29; w89 10/15 21-23; w88 5/1 30
Bible reflects: w23.02 5-6
dealings with Israel, Moses, Aaron at Kadesh (Nu 20): w09 9/1 19
despite existence of evil: cl 114-117; wt 60, 63-66
despite existence of injustice: bh 11-12; w11 10/1 7; w89 10/15 21-23
despite existence of suffering: rs 395-397
despite use of force: g01 11/8 26-27
destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: w24.05 2-3, 5-6; w13 5/1 6; w09 1/1 24; w98 8/1 12-13
extermination of Canaanites: cl 62-63; it-1 402-404, 622, 738-739; w13 5/1 6; w10 1/1 13-15
Gibeonites avenged: mwb22.07 4
illustration of widow and judge (Lu 18): w21.11 23-24; it-2 1149; jy 220; w14 4/1 6-7; w06 12/15 25-29; gt chapter 94
imitating Jehovah’s justice: rk 26-27; w98 8/1 12-17
impartiality: cl 114; it-1 1192-1193; wp17.3 16
in Christian congregation: w91 4/15 15-17
Jesus exemplifies: cl 148-149, 151-157; w09 1/15 22-23; ip-2 31-32, 35-37; w98 8/1 9-11
Law covenant: w19.02 22-24; w14 9/1 7-9; w98 6/15 28-29; w89 3/1 24-25
link with love: cl 110; w96 3/15 22
link with mercy: cl 110, 112; jd 139-140; w02 3/1 30; w02 4/15 30; w00 10/1 15; w98 8/1 13; w96 3/15 21-22; w92 7/1 9-10; w91 4/15 17; w89 3/1 25-26
love greater: w90 11/15 12-14
loves justice: w08 11/1 10; w07 8/15 22-26
man who gathered wood on the Sabbath (Nu 15:32, 35): w22.02 3
preaching work an expression of: cl 160-161; jr 149; km 7/04 1; w94 8/15 13-14
ransom an expression of: w25.01 21; ijwbq articles 104, 120; cl 112, 138-139, 141-144; w21.04 14; it-2 733-735; wp16.2 6-7; w14 9/15 26; w10 1/15 27; w98 8/1 13; w96 3/15 22; kl 65-66; w91 2/15 14, 19; w89 3/1 21-22; w89 9/15 5; rs 307-308
reconciliation of mankind: it-2 760-762
reflected in mankind: ph 18-19
requires justice: w89 5/1 14-15
superiority to human justice: w22.02 3; cl 125-126; w98 8/1 7-11
when Bible account seems hard to accept: w22.02 2-4
Jehovah’s anger allayed by: it-1 108
Jehovah’s Witnesses: w98 8/1 5-6
Jesus Christ: w19.05 5
“law of the Christ” (Ga 6:2): w19.05 5
life stories:
“I Always Had a Keen Sense of Justice”: lfs article 19
I Found Justice—Not in Politics but in True Christianity: w88 7/1 18-22
Our Search for Justice: g97 6/22 19-23
meaning of term: cl 109-110; w19.05 5; w07 8/15 22; w98 8/1 7-8; w96 3/15 21
‘searching for justice’ (Isa 1:17): ip-1 27; w98 8/1 14
symbolic representation:
“living creature” like a lion (Re 4:6, 7; 6:1): re 80, 89-90, 219
view of justice:
effect of imperfection: w22.02 3
waiting on Jehovah for: w24.11 6; w21.08 11-13
why lacking: w89 3/1 19-21