Why does a loving, sovereign God allow injustice? Why doesn’t he stop it? - Injustice - TouchPoints

Malachi 2:17You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. You have wearied him by saying that all who do evil are good in the Lord’s sight, and he is pleased with them. You have wearied him by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

Habakkuk 1:2, 13How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence!” I cry, but you do not come to save . . . You are perfectly just in this. But will you, who cannot allow sin in any form, stand idly by while they swallow us up? Should you be silent while the wicked destroy people who are more righteous than they?

Psalm 9:16The Lord is known for his justice. The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet Interlude

Ezekiel 9:9-10Then he said to me, “The sins of the people of Israel and Judah are very great. The entire land is full of murder; the city is filled with injustice. They are saying, ‘The Lord doesn’t see it! The Lord has forsaken the land!’ So I will not spare them or have any pity on them. I will fully repay them for all they have done.”

Isaiah 59:14-15Our courts oppose people who are righteous, and justice is nowhere to be found. Truth falls dead in the streets, and fairness has been outlawed. Yes, truth is gone, and anyone who tries to live a godly life is soon attacked. The Lord looked and was displeased to find that there was no justice.

Job 35:14You say you can’t see him, but he will bring justice if you will only wait.

Lamentations 3:36They perverted justice in the courts. Do they think the Lord didn’t see it?

Amos 5:12For I know the vast number of your sins and rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

Proverbs 6:16-19There are six things the Lord hates—no, seven things he detests: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent, a heart that plots evil, feet that race to do wrong, a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent— both are detestable to the Lord.

The Lord despises those who acquit the guilty and condemn the innocent.

Micah 2:1-3How terrible it will be for you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans . . . But this is what the Lord says: “you won’t be able to escape! After I am through with you, none of you will ever again walk proudly in the streets.”

2 Chronicles 19:7Fear the Lord and judge with integrity, for the Lord our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes.”

Job 36:6, 17He does not let the wicked live but gives justice to the afflicted . . . But you are too obsessed with judgment on the godless. Don’t worry, justice will be upheld.

Injustice happens because God created human beings with free will – we have the freedom to choose good or evil, right or wrong. Since the first people sinned, all of humanity is born with a sin nature which loves to rebel against God. This results in people treating others cruelly. Injustice comes from people, not God. And to think that God condones injustice simply because it happens is contrary to his righteous nature and opposed to what the Bible teaches about all sin. God sees every injustice, and judges it to be sin.