2 Chronicles 6:23

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Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wrongdoer, so that his sin may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.

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  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Happy is the upright man! for he will have joy of the fruit of his ways. 11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
  • Jer 51:56 : 56 For the waster has come on her, even on Babylon, and her men of war are taken, their bows are broken: for the Lord is a rewarding God, and he will certainly give payment.
  • Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul which does sin will be put to death: the son will not be made responsible for the evil-doing of the father, or the father for the evil-doing of the son; the righteousness of the upright will be on himself, and the evil-doing of the evil-doer on himself.
  • Rom 2:9-9 : 9 Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek; 10 But glory and honour and peace to all whose works are good, to the Jew first and then to the Greek:
  • Jer 28:16-17 : 16 For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will send you away from off the face of the earth: this year death will overtake you, because you have said words against the Lord. 17 So death came to Hananiah the prophet the same year, in the seventh month.
  • Num 5:27 : 27 And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.
  • Deut 25:1 : 1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
  • 2 Kgs 9:26 : 26 I saw the blood of Naboth and of his sons yesterday; and I will give you full payment in this field, says the Lord? So now, take him and put him in this field, as the Lord said.
  • Ps 10:14 : 14 You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.
  • Prov 1:31 : 31 So the fruit of their way will be their food, and with the designs of their hearts they will be made full.

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  • 1 Kgs 8:30-36
    7 verses
    93%

    30 Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.

    31 If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

    32 Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving your decision against the wrongdoer, so that punishment for his sins may come on his head; and, by your decision, keeping from evil him who has done no wrong.

    33 When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house:

    34 Then give ear in heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again into the land which you gave to their fathers.

    35 When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you; if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

    36 Then give ear in heaven, so that the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

  • 2 Chr 6:30
    78%

    30 Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; (for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of the children of men;)

  • 2 Chr 6:39
    77%

    39 Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to them, answering with forgiveness your people who have done wrong against you.

  • 2 Chr 6:24-27
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    76%

    24 And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers and requesting your grace in this house:

    25 Then give ear from heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.

    26 When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you: if they make prayers with their faces turned to this place, honouring your name and turning away from their sin when you send trouble on them:

    27 Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin of your people Israel may have forgiveness, when you make clear to them the good way in which they are to go; and send rain on your land which you have given to your people for their heritage.

  • Deut 25:1
    76%

    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • 2 Chr 6:35
    75%

    35 Then give ear from heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

  • 2 Chr 6:21-22
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    21 And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear from heaven your living-place; and hearing have mercy.

    22 If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:

  • 1 Kgs 8:39
    74%

    39 Give ear in heaven your living-place, acting in mercy; and give to every man whose secret heart is open to you, the reward of all his ways; for you, and you only, have knowledge of the hearts of all the children of men:

  • Ps 7:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8 The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.

    9 O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

  • Jer 7:5
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    5 For if your ways and your doings are truly changed for the better; if you truly give right decisions between a man and his neighbour;

  • 1 Kgs 8:45
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    45 Give ear in heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them.

  • 1 Kgs 8:49
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    49 Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them;

  • Isa 5:23
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    23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Job 35:6-7
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    72%

    6 If you have done wrong, is he any the worse for it? and if your sins are great in number, what is it to him?

    7 If you are upright, what do you give to him? or what does he take from your hand?

  • Ps 72:1-2
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    72%

    1 <Of Solomon.> Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

    2 May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

  • Neh 9:33
    71%

    33 But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:

  • Ezek 18:5
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    5 But if a man is upright, living rightly and doing righteousness,

  • Ps 50:6
    71%

    6 And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.)

  • Ps 58:11
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    11 So that men will say, Truly there is a reward for righteousness; truly there is a God who is judge on the earth.

  • Ps 94:2
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    2 Be lifted up, O judge of the earth; let their reward come to the men of pride.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4 Give them the right reward of their acts, and of their evil doings: give them punishment for the works of their hands, let them have their full reward.

  • Rom 2:6
    71%

    6 Who will give to every man his right reward:

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

  • Jer 22:3
    71%

    3 This is what the Lord has said: Do what is right, judging uprightly, and make free from the hands of the cruel one him whose goods have been violently taken away: do no wrong and be not violent to the man from a strange country and the child without a father and the widow, and let not those who have done no wrong be put to death in this place.

  • Ps 103:6
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    6 The Lord gives decisions in righteousness for all who are in trouble.

  • 1 Kgs 2:44
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    44 And the king said to Shimei, You have knowledge of all the evil which you did to David my father; and now the Lord has sent back your evil on yourself.

  • 2 Chr 6:33
    70%

    33 Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that all the peoples of the earth may have knowledge of your name, worshipping you as do your people Israel, and may see that this house which I have made is truly named by your name.

  • Job 36:17
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    17 ...

  • Ps 17:2
    70%

    2 Be my judge; for your eyes see what is right.

  • Jer 12:1
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    1 You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

  • Isa 26:7
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    7 The way of the good man is straight; the road of the upright is made smooth by you.

  • Prov 11:31
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    31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!

  • Lam 3:64
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    64 You will give them their reward, O Lord, answering to the work of their hands.

  • Job 34:17
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    17 How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

  • Jer 22:16
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    16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord.

  • Ps 143:1
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    1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

  • Gen 18:25
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    25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?