Advocacy Resources
Tools You Can Use
On this page, you will find a wide variety of resources and links to help individuals and congregations in their advocacy ministry. Learn more about personal actions you can take, what your congregation can do to start an advocacy ministry, biblical references for advocacy and general resources.
Bible References to Advocacy 
A quick reference This is a partial list of biblical references on justice and advocacy. For a more comprehensive study consult a complete Concordance. In addition to the word "justice," you can broaden the list by looking up texts on hunger (hungry); alien(s); yoke; peace; mercy; plead; compassion; love; and other words that relate to the notion of justice and advocacy.
Ron Sider's book,
Cry Justice: The Bible on Hunger and Poverty, is another excellent source for biblical quotations.
- Ex 3:1-12 God sends Moses to Pharaoh
- Ex 16:1-30 Trust God to provide our needs
- Ex 22:21-23 You shall not oppress the resident alien
- Ex 23:1-9 Do not pervert/deny justice to your people
- Lv 19:9-10 Leave gleanings for poor people
- Lv 19:15-16 Judge with justice; do not take advantage
- Dt 15:1-11 Sabbatical year and remission of debts
- Dt 16:18-20 Justice, and only justice, shall you pursue
- 2 Sam 12 Nathan condemns David
- I Kg 21 Ahab's greed leads to the murder of Naboth
- Ps 72 Prayer for the king to deliver oppressed people
- Ps 82 God wants justice for the weak and destitute
- Prov 21:13 Listen to the cry of poor people
- Is 3:13-15 Elders and princes crush poor people
- Is 5:1-17 The Lord is exalted by justice
- Is 58:1-14 The true fasting that God desires
- Jer 22;3 God commands the king to act with justice
- Jer 22:11-17 Woe to the king who builds his house on injustice
- Ez 22:23-31 Princes, priests, and prophets oppress poor people
- Hos 4:1-11 Priests and people follow false goods and injustice
- Amos 5:10-24 God despises the people's worship
- Amos 8:4-8 Poor people are bought for a pair of sandals
- Mic 6:6-8 What God truly requires
- Mt 6:25-34 First seek God and God's justice
- Mt 23:23 Woe to Scribes and Pharisees who neglect justice
- Mt 25:31-46 "I was hungry and you gave me food"
- Mk 6:30-44 Feeding the five thousand
- Mk 10:17-22 The man with many possessions
- Mk 12:28-34 The great commandment
- Lk 4:16-21 Jesus sent to bring good news to the poor
- Lk 10:25-37 Parable of the Good Samaritan
- Lk 14:12-14 Invite poor people to your dinner
- Lk 16:19-31 The rich man and Lazarus
- Lk 19:1-10 Jesus and Zacchaeus, the tax collector
- Jn 8:1-11 The woman caught in adultery
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