Psalm 119:137
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Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah Questions the Lord’s Justice
12 Lord, you always give me justice
when I bring a case before you.
So let me bring you this complaint:
Why are the wicked so prosperous?
Why are evil people so happy?
Psalm 145:17
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17 The Lord is righteous in everything he does;
he is filled with kindness.
Ezra 9:15
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15 O Lord, God of Israel, you are just. We come before you in our guilt as nothing but an escaped remnant, though in such a condition none of us can stand in your presence.”
Revelation 16:7
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7 And I heard a voice from the altar,[a] saying,
“Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty,
your judgments are true and just.”
Footnotes
- 16:7 Greek I heard the altar.
Daniel 9:14
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14 Therefore, the Lord has brought upon us the disaster he prepared. The Lord our God was right to do all of these things, for we did not obey him.
Daniel 9:7
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7 “Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, our faces are covered with shame. This is true of all of us, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you.
Psalm 103:6
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6 The Lord gives righteousness
and justice to all who are treated unfairly.
Psalm 99:4
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4 Mighty King, lover of justice,
you have established fairness.
You have acted with justice
and righteousness throughout Israel.[a]
Nehemiah 9:33
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33 Every time you punished us you were being just. We have sinned greatly, and you gave us only what we deserved.
Deuteronomy 32:4
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4 He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect.
Everything he does is just and fair.
He is a faithful God who does no wrong;
how just and upright he is!
Revelation 19:2
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2 His judgments are true and just.
He has punished the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth with her immorality.
He has avenged the murder of his servants.”
Revelation 15:3-4
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3 And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb:
“Great and marvelous are your works,
O Lord God, the Almighty.
Just and true are your ways,
O King of the nations.[a]
4 Who will not fear you, Lord,
and glorify your name?
For you alone are holy.
All nations will come and worship before you,
for your righteous deeds have been revealed.”
Footnotes
- 15:3 Some manuscripts read King of the ages.
Romans 3:5-6
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5 “But,” some might say, “our sinfulness serves a good purpose, for it helps people see how righteous God is. Isn’t it unfair, then, for him to punish us?” (This is merely a human point of view.) 6 Of course not! If God were not entirely fair, how would he be qualified to judge the world?
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Romans 2:5
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5 But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
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Romans 9:14
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14 Are we saying, then, that God was unfair? Of course not!
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