Genesis 18:25

World English Bible (2000)

Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

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  • Deut 32:4 : 4 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
  • Job 8:20 : 20 "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers.
  • Isa 3:10-11 : 10 Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
  • Ps 58:11 : 11 so that men shall say, "Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth." For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." A poem by David, when Saul sent, and they watched the house to kill him.
  • Ps 94:2 : 2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
  • Ps 98:9 : 9 Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
  • Eccl 7:15 : 15 All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
  • Eccl 8:12-13 : 12 Though a sinner commits crimes a hundred times, and lives long, yet surely I know that it will be better with those who fear God, who are reverent before him. 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn't fear God.
  • Job 9:22-23 : 22 "It is all the same. Therefore I say he destroys the blameless and the wicked. 23 If the scourge kills suddenly, he will mock at the trial of the innocent.
  • Job 34:17-19 : 17 Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?-- 18 Who says to a king, 'Vile!' or to nobles, 'Wicked!'? 19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.
  • Ps 11:5-7 : 5 Yahweh examines the righteous, but the wicked and him who loves violence his soul hates. 6 On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face. For the Chief Musician; upon an eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm of David.
  • Isa 57:1-2 : 1 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come]. 2 He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then you shall return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who doesn't serve him.
  • John 5:22-27 : 22 For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn't honor the Son doesn't honor the Father who sent him. 24 "Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. 25 Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself. 27 He also gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is a son of man.
  • Rom 3:5-6 : 5 But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do. 6 May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?
  • 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we must all be revealed before the judgment seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

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