The word in Scripture

Just in the Bible

The word just appears 94 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Just describes what is fair and righteous, as God is. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What just means in the Bible

Just describes what is fair and righteous, as God is.

Where the word just appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word just appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.”Psalms 7:9

“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.”Psalms 37:12

“The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.”Isaiah 26:7

“Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.”Matthew 1:19

“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.”John 5:30

“For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”Romans 1:17

“To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”Romans 3:26

“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.”Galatians 3:11