1 Kings 8:32
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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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Deuteronomy 25:1
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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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- Deuteronomy 25:1 Lit. the judgment
Romans 2:6-10
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6 who (A)“will render to each one according to his deeds”: 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality; 8 but to those who are self-seeking and (B)do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness—indignation and wrath, 9 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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- Romans 2:9 Gentile
Ezekiel 18:20
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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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Ezekiel 18:13
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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.
Isaiah 3:10-11
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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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- Isaiah 3:11 done to him
Exodus 34:7
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7 (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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Romans 7:9
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9 I was alive once without the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died.
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Romans 2:13
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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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Ezekiel 18:30
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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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Proverbs 17:15
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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.
Proverbs 1:31
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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.
Numbers 5:27
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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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Exodus 23:7
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7 (A)Keep yourself far from a false matter; (B)do not kill the innocent and righteous. For (C)I will not justify the wicked.
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