Genesis 18:25
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25 Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so (A)that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! (B)Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”
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Job 8:3
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3 (A)Does God subvert judgment?
Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
Job 8:20
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Footnotes
- Job 8:20 reject
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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 3:11 done to him
Psalm 58:11
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11 (A)So that men will say,
“Surely there is a reward for the righteous;
Surely He is God who (B)judges in the earth.”
Deuteronomy 32:4
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4 He is (A)the Rock, (B)His work is perfect;
For all His ways are justice,
(C)A God of truth and (D)without injustice;
Righteous and upright is He.
Romans 3:5-6
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5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (A)(I speak as a man.) 6 Certainly not! For then (B)how will God judge the world?
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Psalm 94:2
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Footnotes
- Psalm 94:2 Repay with
2 Corinthians 5:10
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10 (A)For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, (B)that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
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John 5:22-27
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22 For the Father judges no one, but (A)has committed all judgment to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. (B)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
Life and Judgment Are Through the Son
24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, (C)he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, (D)but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when (E)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live. 26 For (F)as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have (G)life in Himself, 27 and (H)has given Him authority to execute judgment also, (I)because He is the Son of Man.
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Malachi 3:18
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18 (A)Then you shall again discern
Between the righteous and the wicked,
Between one who serves God
And one who does not serve Him.
Psalm 98:9
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9 before the Lord,
(A)For He is coming to judge the earth.
With righteousness He shall judge the world,
And the peoples with [a]equity.
Footnotes
- Psalm 98:9 uprightness
Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah’s Question
12 Righteous (A)are You, O Lord, when I plead with You;
Yet let me talk with You about Your judgments.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why are those happy who deal so treacherously?
Isaiah 57:1-2
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Israel’s Futile Idolatry
57 The righteous perishes,
And no man takes it to heart;
(A)Merciful men are taken away,
(B)While no one considers
That the righteous is taken away from [a]evil.
2 He shall enter into peace;
They shall rest in (C)their beds,
Each one walking in his uprightness.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 57:1 Lit. the face of evil
Ecclesiastes 8:12-13
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12 (A)Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and his days are prolonged, yet I surely know that (B)it will be well with those who fear God, who fear before Him. 13 But it will not be well with the wicked; nor will he prolong his days, which are as a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
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Ecclesiastes 7:15
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15 I have seen everything in my days of vanity:
(A)There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness,
And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.
Job 34:17-19
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17 (A)Should one who hates justice govern?
Will you (B)condemn Him who is most just?
18 (C)Is it fitting to say to a king, ‘You are worthless,’
And to nobles, ‘You are wicked’?
19 Yet He (D)is not partial to princes,
Nor does He regard the rich 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 thing;
Therefore I say, (A)‘He destroys the blameless and the wicked.’
23 If the scourge slays suddenly,
He laughs at the plight of the innocent.
Psalm 11:5-7
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5 The Lord (A)tests the righteous,
But the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates.
6 Upon the wicked He will rain coals;
Fire and brimstone and a burning wind
(B)Shall be [a]the portion of their cup.
Footnotes
- Psalm 11:6 Their allotted portion or serving
- Psalm 11:7 Or The upright beholds His countenance
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