Job 34:17

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Can one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the righteous and mighty one?

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  • 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me: 'The one who rules over people must be righteous, ruling in the fear of God.'
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Would you indeed annul My justice? Would you condemn Me that you may be justified?
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 'Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?'
  • 2 Sam 19:21 : 21 'For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. But today I have come here as the first of the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.'
  • Job 1:22 : 22 In all of this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
  • Rom 3:5-7 : 5 But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust for bringing His wrath on us? (I am speaking in human terms.) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world? 7 If the truth of God has increased His glory through my falsehood, why am I still judged as a sinner?
  • Rom 9:14 : 14 What then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!

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