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unjust

Meaning of “unjust”

Sense 1: Not right, fair, lawful, honest, or equitable; unrighteous, wicked, fraudulent, partial, or withholding what is due. Sense 2: A person so acting.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
17 occurrences15 verses10 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Psalms 43:1

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Psalms 43:1
JUDGE me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 43:1 · retained source text

¶ Iudge mee, O God, and plead my cause against an vngodly nation; O deliuer me from the deceitfull and vniust man.

1611 marginal noteOr, vnmercifull.

1611 marginal noteHebr. from a man of deceit, and iniquitie.

Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 11:7 · retained source text

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of vniust men perisheth.

Proverbs 28:8
He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 28:8 · retained source text

He that by vsurie and vniust gaine increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that wil pity the poore.

1611 marginal noteHebr. by increase.

1611 marginal noteChap. 13.22. eccles.2 26.

Proverbs 29:27
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 29:27 · retained source text

An vniust man is an abomination to the iust: and he that is vpright in the way, is abomination to the wicked.

Zephaniah 3:5
The just Lord is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:5 · retained source text

The iust LORD is in the middest thereof: he will not doe iniquitie: euery morning doeth hee bring his iudgement to light, he faileth not: but the vniust knoweth no shame.

1611 marginal noteHeb. morning by morning.

Matthew 5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 5:45 · retained source text

That yee may be the children of your father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sunne to rise on the euill and on the good, and sendeth raine on the iust, and on the vniust.

Luke 16:8
And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
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1611 witness · Luke 16:8 · retained source text

And the lord commended the vniust Steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser then the children of light.

Luke 16:10
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
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1611 witness · Luke 16:10 · retained source text

Hee that is faithfull in that which is least, is faithfull also in much: and he that is vniust in the least, is vniust also in much.

Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 18:11 · retained source text

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himselfe, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publicane.

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