Genesis 18:25
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25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, (A)so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! (B)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
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Job 8:3
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3 (A)Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
Job 8:20
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20 “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man,
nor take the hand of evildoers.
Isaiah 3:10-11
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10 (A)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
(B)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
11 (C)Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him,
for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
Psalm 58:11
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11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is (A)a reward for the righteous;
surely there is a God who (B)judges on earth.”
Deuteronomy 32:4
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4 (A)“The Rock, (B)his work is perfect,
for (C)all his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and (D)without iniquity,
just and upright is he.
Romans 3:5-6
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5 But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict (A)wrath on us? ((B)I speak in a human way.) 6 By no means! For then how could (C)God judge the world?
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Psalm 94:2
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2 Corinthians 5:10
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10 For (A)we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
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John 5:22-27
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22 (A)For the Father judges no one, but (B)has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they (C)honor the Father. (D)Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, (E)whoever hears my word and (F)believes him who sent me has eternal life. He (G)does not come into judgment, but (H)has passed from death to life.
25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, (I)an hour is coming, and is now here, when (J)the dead will hear (K)the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear (L)will live. 26 (M)For as the Father has life in himself, (N)so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he (O)has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
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Malachi 3:18
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18 Then once more you shall (A)see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve him.
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Psalm 98:9
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9 before the Lord, for he comes
to (A)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah's Complaint
12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?
Isaiah 57:1-2
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Israel's Futile Idolatry
57 The righteous man perishes,
and no one lays it to heart;
(A)devout men are taken away,
while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from calamity;
2 (B)he enters into peace;
they rest (C)in their beds
who walk in their uprightness.
Ecclesiastes 8:12-13
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12 Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and (A)prolongs his life, yet I know that (B)it will be well with (C)those who fear God, because they fear before him. 13 But it will (D)not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like (E)a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
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Ecclesiastes 7:15
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15 In my (A)vain[a] life I have seen everything. There is (B)a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who (C)prolongs his life in his evildoing.
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- Ecclesiastes 7:15 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Job 34:17-19
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17 (A)Shall one who hates justice govern?
Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,
18 who (B)says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’
19 who (C)shows no partiality to princes,
nor regards the rich (D)more than the poor,
for (E)they are all the work of his hands?
Job 9:22-23
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22 It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He (A)destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
23 When (B)disaster brings sudden death,
he mocks at the calamity[a] of the innocent.
Footnotes
- Job 9:23 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Psalm 11:5-7
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5 The Lord (A)tests the righteous,
but (B)his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
6 Let him rain coals on the wicked;
(C)fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be (D)the portion of their cup.
7 For the Lord is righteous;
he (E)loves righteous deeds;
(F)the upright shall behold his face.
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