III, 16-19.

let him become as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.

of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. Matthew xviii, 10, 14. (a.v.)

17.

Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

Matthew vii, 3. (a.v.)

See verses 4 and 5.

The Ideal of Justice for the Nation

and the Individual.

18.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

Proverbs xiv, 34, (a.v.)

that men should do unto you, even so

do ye also unto them.

Matthew vii, 12. (R.V.

20.

III, 20-22.

We exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but alway follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.

I Thessalonians v, 14-15. (R.v.)

21.

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

22.

Micah vi, 8. (R.V.)

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. And thou shalt take no gift: for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.

Exodus xxiii, 6-8. (R.v.)

III, 23-26.

23.

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Leviticus xix, 15. (R.v.)

Injustice is to be Avoided.

24.

To have respect of persons is not good for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

Proverbs xxviii, 21. (a.v.)

25.

The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward: and the great man, he uttereth his mischevious desire: so they wrap it up.

26.

Micah vii, 2-3. (A.v.)

Why standest thou afar off, O Lord?

why hidest thou thyself in times of

III, 27 trouble? The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

Psalm x, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7. (a.v.)

27.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Psalm x, 8, 9, 11. (a.v.)

III, 28-29.

28.

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

Micah vi, 10-12. (a.v.)

Punishment of Injustice.

29.

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Isaiah v, 20-23. (A.v.)