Romans 2:2
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2 But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
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Psalm 9:7-8
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7 (A)But the Lord shall endure forever;
He has prepared His throne for judgment.
8 (B)He shall judge the world in righteousness,
And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.
Zephaniah 3:5
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5 The Lord is righteous in her midst,
He will do no unrighteousness.
[a]Every morning He brings His justice to light;
He never fails,
But (A)the unjust knows no shame.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:5 Lit. Morning by morning
Psalm 145:17
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17 The Lord is righteous in all His ways,
Gracious in all His works.
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?
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
2 Thessalonians 1:5-10
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5 which is (A)manifest[a] evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, (B)for which you also suffer; 6 (C)since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with [b]tribulation those who trouble you, 7 and to give you who are troubled (D)rest with us when (E)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 (F)These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and (G)from the glory of His power, 10 when He comes, in that Day, (H)to be (I)glorified in His saints and to be admired among all those who [c]believe, because our testimony among you was believed.
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:5 plain
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 affliction
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10 NU, M have believed
Psalm 96:13
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13 before the Lord.
For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth.
(A)He shall judge the world with righteousness,
And the peoples with His truth.
Revelation 19:2
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2 For (A)true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He (B)has avenged on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”
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Revelation 16:5
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5 And I heard the angel of the waters saying:
(A)“You are righteous, [a]O Lord,
The One (B)who is and who [b]was and who is to be,
Because You have judged these things.
Footnotes
- Revelation 16:5 NU, M omit O Lord
- Revelation 16:5 NU, M was, the Holy One
Revelation 15:3-4
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3 They sing (A)the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the (B)Lamb, saying:
(C)“Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God Almighty!
(D)Just and true are Your ways,
O King of the [a]saints!
4 (E)Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name?
For You alone are (F)holy.
For (G)all nations shall come and worship before You,
For Your judgments have been manifested.”
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- Revelation 15:3 NU, M nations
Romans 9:14
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Israel’s Rejection and God’s Justice
14 What shall we say then? (A)Is there unrighteousness with God? Certainly not!
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Romans 3:4-5
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4 (A)Certainly not! Indeed, let (B)God be [a]true but (C)every man a liar. As it is written:
(D)“That You may be justified in Your words,
And may overcome when You are judged.”
5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath? (E)(I speak as a man.)
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- Romans 3:4 Found true
Romans 2:5
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5 But in accordance with your hardness and your [a]impenitent heart (A)you are [b]treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
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- Romans 2:5 unrepentant
- Romans 2:5 storing
Acts 17:31
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31 because He has appointed a day on which (A)He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by (B)raising Him from the dead.”
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Daniel 4:37
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37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, (A)praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, (B)all of whose works are truth, and His ways justice. (C)And those who walk in pride He is able to put down.
Ezekiel 18:29
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29 (A)Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ O house of Israel, is it not My ways which are fair, and your ways which are not fair?
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Ezekiel 18:25
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25 “Yet you say, (A)‘The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Hear now, O house of Israel, is it not My way which is fair, and your ways which are not fair?
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Isaiah 45:21
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21 Tell and bring forth your case;
Yes, let them take counsel together.
(A)Who has declared this from ancient time?
Who has told it from that time?
Have not I, the Lord?
(B)And there is no other God besides Me,
A just God and a Savior;
There is none besides Me.
Isaiah 45:19
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19 I have not spoken in (A)secret,
In a dark place of the earth;
I did not say to the seed of Jacob,
‘Seek Me [a]in vain’;
(B)I, the Lord, speak righteousness,
I declare things that are right.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 45:19 Or in a waste place
Psalm 36:5-6
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5 Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
6 Your righteousness is like the [a]great mountains;
(A)Your judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.
Footnotes
- Psalm 36:6 Lit. mountains of God
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
Psalm 9:4
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4 For You have maintained my right and my cause;
You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.
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 34:23
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23 For He need not further consider a man,
That he should go before God in judgment.
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