Job 34:12

American Standard Version (1901)

Yea, of a surety, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:3 : 3 Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
  • Ps 11:7 : 7 For Jehovah is righteous; He loveth righteousness: The upright shall behold his face.
  • Ps 145:17 : 17 Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.
  • Hab 1:12-13 : 12 Art not thou from everlasting, O Jehovah my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O Jehovah, thou hast ordained him for judgment; and thou, O Rock, hast established him for correction. 13 Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;

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