32 then hear in heaven, and act, and judge Your servants, (A)condemning the wicked, bringing his way on his head, and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness.

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32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty by bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent by treating them in accordance with their innocence.(A)

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25 “If there is a (A)dispute between men, and they come to [a]court, that the judges may judge them, and they (B)justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

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  1. Deuteronomy 25:1 Lit. the judgment

25 When people have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges(A) will decide the case,(B) acquitting(C) the innocent and condemning the guilty.(D)

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who (A)“will render to each one according to his deeds”: eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; but to those who are self-seeking and (B)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew (C)first and also of the [a]Greek; 10 (D)but glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

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  1. Romans 2:9 Gentile

God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a](A) To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor(B) and immortality,(C) he will give eternal life.(D) But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil,(E) there will be wrath and anger.(F) There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil:(G) first for the Jew, then for the Gentile;(H) 10 but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.(I)

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  1. Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12

20 (A)The soul who sins shall die. (B)The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. (C)The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, (D)and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

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20 The one who sins is the one who will die.(A) The child will not share the guilt of the parent, nor will the parent share the guilt of the child. The righteousness of the righteous will be credited to them, and the wickedness of the wicked will be charged against them.(B)

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13 If he has exacted usury
Or taken increase—
Shall he then live?
He shall not live!
If he has done any of these abominations,
He shall surely die;
(A)His blood shall be upon him.

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13 He lends at interest and takes a profit.(A)

Will such a man live? He will not! Because he has done all these detestable things, he is to be put to death; his blood will be on his own head.(B)

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10 “Say to the righteous (A)that it shall be well with them,
(B)For they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
11 Woe to the wicked! (C)It shall be ill with him,
For the reward of his hands shall be [a]given him.

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  1. Isaiah 3:11 done to him

10 Tell the righteous it will be well(A) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(B)
11 Woe to the wicked!(C)
    Disaster(D) is upon them!
They will be paid back(E)
    for what their hands have done.(F)

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(A)keeping mercy for thousands, (B)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, (C)by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”

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maintaining love to thousands,(A) and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.(B) Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished;(C) he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”(D)

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I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.

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Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.

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13 (for (A)not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified;

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13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey(A) the law who will be declared righteous.

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30 (A)“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways,” says the Lord God. (B)“Repent, and turn from all your transgressions, so that iniquity will not be your ruin.

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30 “Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent!(A) Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.(B)

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15 (A)He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

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15 Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent(A)
    the Lord detests them both.(B)

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31 Therefore (A)they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.

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31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(A)

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27 When he has made her drink the water, then it shall be, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, that the water that brings a (A)curse will enter her and become bitter, and her belly will swell, her thigh will rot, and the woman (B)will become a curse among her people.

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27 If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse.(A)

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