2 Chronicles 6:23
then hear from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, requiting the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 17:15 : 15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- 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.
- Jer 51:56 : 56 for the destroyer is come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for Yahweh is a God of recompenses, he will surely requite.
- Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul who sins, he shall die: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
- Rom 2:9-9 : 9 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, on the Jew first, and also on the Greek. 10 But glory and honor and peace to every man who works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
- Jer 28:16-17 : 16 Therefore thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have spoken rebellion against Yahweh. 17 So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.
- Num 5:27 : 27 When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.
- Deut 25:1 : 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
- 2 Kgs 9:26 : 26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, says Yahweh; and I will requite you in this plat, says Yahweh. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of Yahweh.
- Ps 10:14 : 14 But you do see trouble and grief; You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.
- Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.
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- 1 Kgs 8:30-367 verses93%
30 Listen you to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling-place; and when you hear, forgive.
31 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;
32 then hear you in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
33 When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; if they turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house:
34 then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
35 When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:
36 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
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30 then hear from heaven, your dwelling-place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men;)
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39 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
- 2 Chr 6:24-274 verses76%
24 If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;
25 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.
26 When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:
27 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
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1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
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35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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21 Listen you to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
22 If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;
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39 then hear in heaven, your dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;)
- Ps 7:8-92 verses73%
8 Yahweh administers judgment to the peoples. Judge me, Yahweh, according to my righteousness, And to my integrity that is in me.
9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the righteous; Their minds and hearts are searched by the righteous God.
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5 For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
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45 then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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49 then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;
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23 Who acquit the guilty for a bribe, But deny justice for the innocent!
- Job 35:6-72 verses72%
6 If you have sinned, what effect do you have against him? If your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
7 If you are righteous, what do you give him? Or what does he receive from your hand?
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1 > God, give the king your justice; Your righteousness to the royal son.
2 He will judge your people with righteousness, And your poor with justice.
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33 However you are just in all that is come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;
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5 But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
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6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness, For God himself is judge. Selah.
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11 So that men shall say, "Most assuredly there is a reward for the righteous. Most assuredly there is a God who judges the earth."
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2 Rise up, you judge of the earth. Pay back the proud what they deserve.
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4 Give them according to their work, and according to the wickedness of their doings. Give them according to the operation of their hands. Bring back on them what they deserve.
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6 who "will pay back to everyone according to their works:"
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6 and said to the judges, Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man, but for Yahweh; and [he is] with you in the judgment.
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3 Thus says Yahweh: Execute you justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
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6 Yahweh executes righteous acts, And justice for all who are oppressed.
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44 The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
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33 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
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17 "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
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2 Let my sentence come forth from your presence; Let your eyes look on equity.
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1 Righteous are you, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet would I reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
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7 The way of the just is uprightness: you that are upright do direct the path of the just.
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31 Behold, the righteous shall be repaid in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!
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64 You will render to them a recompense, Yahweh, according to the work of their hands.
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17 Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?--
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16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Wasn't this to know me? says Yahweh.
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1 > Hear my prayer, Yahweh. Listen to my petitions. In your faithfulness and righteousness, relieve me.
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25 Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"