Learn to do good, seek out justice, defend those who have been wronged, stand on the side of the orphan, and do right by the widow.

μάθετε καλὸν ποιεῖν, ἐκζητήσατε κρίσιν, ῥύσασθε ἀδικούμενον, κρίνατε ὀρφανῷ καὶ δικαιώσατε χήραν.

(LXX Isa. 1:15-17)
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Wash and become clean; take the evils of your soul from my sight and put an end to your wickedness.

λούσασθε καὶ καθαροὶ γίνεσθε, ἀφέλετε τὰς πονηρίας ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν ὑμῶν ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου, παύσασθε ἀπὸ τῶν πονηριῶν ὑμῶν,

ὅταν ἐκτείνητε τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν πρός με, ἀποστρέψω τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς μου ἀφ᾿ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐὰν πληθύνητε τὴν δέησιν, οὐκ εἰσακούσομαι ὑμῶν· αἱ γὰρ χεῖρες ὑμῶν αἵματος πλήρεις.

Amisimus, mi Pomponi, omnem non modo sucum ac sanguinem sed etiam colorem et speciem pristinae civitatis. nulla est res publica quae delectet, in qua acquiescam.

(Cic. Att. 92.2=4.18.2)

neither does hunger press upon right-judging men,
nor ruin, but in prosperity they share their beloved works.

οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἰθυδίκῃσι μετ᾽ ἀνδράσι λιμὸς ὀπηδεῖ
οὐδ᾽ ἄτη, θαλίῃς δὲ μεμηλότα ἔργα νέμονται.

(Hes. Op. 225-231)

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Peace that nurtures youths fills the land, and never for them does
far-seeing Zeus ordain grievous war;

Εἰρήνη δ᾽ ἀνὰ γῆν κουροτρόφος, οὐδέ ποτ᾽ αὐτοῖς
ἀργαλέον πόλεμον τεκμαίρεται εὐρύοπα Ζεύς·

but justice is somewhere here, nearby, if you are willing to see it.

ἀλλ᾿ ἡ Δίκη
ἐνταῦθά πού ᾿στιν ἐγγύς, εἰ βούλεσθ᾿ ὁρᾶν.

Euripides fr. 506 (from _Melanippe Wise or Captive_) = Stobaeus 1.3.14a.

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Nay, all of heaven would not suffice for Zeus to write the sins of mortals, nor could the god investigate and send punishment to each;

οὐδ᾿ ὁ πᾶς ἂν οὐρανὸς
Διὸς γράφοντος τὰς βροτῶν ἁμαρτίας
ἐξαρκέσειεν, οὐδ᾿ ἐκεῖνος ἂν σκοπῶν
πέμπειν ἑκάστῳ ζημίαν·

Carum esse civem, bene de re publica mereri, laudari, coli, diligi gloriosum est; metui vero et in odio esse invidiosum, detestabile, imbecillum, caducum.
(Cic. Phil. 1.33f)

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