Verse 25

Yet ye say{H559}{(H8804)}, The way{H1870} of the Lord{H136} is not equal{H8505}{(H8735)}. Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} now, O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}; Is not my way{H1870} equal{H8505}{(H8735)}? are not your ways{H1870} unequal{H8505}{(H8735)}?

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 33:17 : 17 Yet the children{H1121} of thy people{H5971} say{H559}{(H8804)}, The way{H1870} of the Lord{H136} is not equal{H8505}{(H8735)}: but as for them, their way{H1870} is not equal{H8505}{(H8735)}.
  • Ezek 33:20 : 20 Yet ye say{H559}{(H8804)}, The way{H1870} of the Lord{H136} is not equal{H8505}{(H8735)}. O ye house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, I will judge{H8199}{(H8799)} you every one{H376} after his ways{H1870}.
  • Zeph 3:5 : 5 The just{H6662} LORD{H3068} is in the midst{H7130} thereof; he will not do{H6213}{(H8799)} iniquity{H5766}: every{H1242} morning{H1242} doth he bring{H5414}{(H8799)} his judgment{H4941} to light{H216}, he faileth{H5737}{(H8738)} not; but the unjust{H5767} knoweth{H3045}{(H8802)} no shame{H1322}.
  • Mal 2:17 : 17 Ye have wearied{H3021}{(H8689)} the LORD{H3068} with your words{H1697}. Yet ye say{H559}{(H8804)}, Wherein have we wearied{H3021}{(H8689)} him? When ye say{H559}{(H8800)}, Every one that doeth{H6213}{(H8802)} evil{H7451} is good{H2896} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}, and he delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} in them; or, Where is the God{H430} of judgment{H4941}?
  • Mal 3:13-15 : 13 Your words{H1697} have been stout{H2388}{(H8804)} against me, saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}. Yet ye say{H559}{(H8804)}, What have we spoken{H1696}{(H8738)} so much against thee? 14 Ye have said{H559}{(H8804)}, It is vain{H7723} to serve{H5647}{(H8800)} God{H430}: and what profit{H1215} is it that we have kept{H8104}{(H8804)} his ordinance{H4931}, and that we have walked{H1980}{(H8804)} mournfully{H6941} before{H6440} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}? 15 And now we call{H833} the proud{H2086} happy{H833}{(H8764)}; yea, they that work{H6213}{(H8802)} wickedness{H7564} are set up{H1129}{(H8738)}; yea, they that tempt{H974}{(H8804)} God{H430} are even delivered{H4422}{(H8735)}.
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far{H2486} from thee to do{H6213}{(H8800)} after this manner{H1697}, to slay{H4191}{(H8687)} the righteous{H6662} with the wicked{H7563}: and that the righteous{H6662} should be as the wicked{H7563}, that be far{H2486} from thee: Shall not the Judge{H8199}{(H8802)} of all the earth{H776} do{H6213}{(H8799)} right{H4941}?
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous{H6662} art thou, O LORD{H3068}, when I plead{H7378}{(H8799)} with thee: yet let me talk{H1696}{(H8762)} with thee of thy judgments{H4941}: Wherefore doth the way{H1870} of the wicked{H7563} prosper{H6743}{(H8804)}? wherefore are all they happy{H7951}{(H8804)} that deal very{H899} treacherously{H898}{(H8802)}?
  • Ezek 18:29 : 29 Yet saith{H559}{(H8804)} the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, The way{H1870} of the Lord{H136} is not equal{H8505}{(H8735)}. O house{H1004} of Israel{H3478}, are not my ways{H1870} equal{H8505}{(H8735)}? are not your ways{H1870} unequal{H8505}{(H8735)}?
  • Jer 16:10-13 : 10 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew{H5046}{(H8686)} this people{H5971} all these words{H1697}, and they shall say{H559}{(H8804)} unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD{H3068} pronounced{H1696}{(H8765)} all this great{H1419} evil{H7451} against us? or what is our iniquity{H5771}? or what is our sin{H2403} that we have committed{H2398}{(H8804)} against the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}? 11 Then shalt thou say{H559}{(H8804)} unto them, Because your fathers{H1} have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, and have walked{H3212}{(H8799)} after{H310} other{H312} gods{H430}, and have served{H5647}{(H8799)} them, and have worshipped{H7812}{(H8691)} them, and have forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me, and have not kept{H8104}{(H8804)} my law{H8451}; 12 And ye have done{H6213}{(H8800)} worse{H7489}{(H8689)} than your fathers{H1}; for, behold{H2009}, ye walk{H1980}{(H8802)} every one{H376} after{H310} the imagination{H8307} of his evil{H7451} heart{H3820}, that they may not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto me: 13 Therefore will I cast{H2904}{(H8689)} you out of this land{H776} into a land{H776} that ye know{H3045}{(H8804)} not, neither ye nor your fathers{H1}; and there shall ye serve{H5647}{(H8804)} other{H312} gods{H430} day{H3119} and night{H3915}; where I will not shew{H5414}{(H8799)} you favour{H2594}.
  • Deut 32:4 : 4 He is the Rock{H6697}, his work{H6467} is perfect{H8549}: for all his ways{H1870} are judgment{H4941}: a God{H410} of truth{H530} and without iniquity{H5766}, just{H6662} and right{H3477} is he.
  • Job 32:2 : 2 Then was kindled{H2734}{(H8799)} the wrath{H639} of Elihu{H453} the son{H1121} of Barachel{H1292} the Buzite{H940}, of the kindred{H4940} of Ram{H7410}: against Job{H347} was his wrath{H639} kindled{H2734}{(H8804)}, because he justified{H6663}{(H8763)} himself{H5315} rather than God{H430}.
  • Job 34:5-9 : 5 For Job{H347} hath said{H559}{(H8804)}, I am righteous{H6663}{(H8804)}: and God{H410} hath taken away{H5493}{(H8689)} my judgment{H4941}. 6 Should I lie{H3576}{(H8762)} against my right{H4941}? my wound{H2671} is incurable{H605}{(H8803)} without transgression{H6588}. 7 What man{H1397} is like Job{H347}, who drinketh up{H8354}{(H8799)} scorning{H3933} like water{H4325}? 8 Which goeth{H732}{(H8804)} in company{H2274} with the workers{H6466}{(H8802)} of iniquity{H205}, and walketh{H3212}{(H8800)} with wicked{H7562} men{H582}. 9 For he hath said{H559}{(H8804)}, It profiteth{H5532}{(H8799)} a man{H1397} nothing that he should delight{H7521}{(H8800)} himself with God{H430}. 10 Therefore hearken{H8085}{(H8798)} unto me, ye men{H582} of understanding{H3824}: far be it{H2486} from God{H410}, that he should do wickedness{H7562}; and from the Almighty{H7706}, that he should commit iniquity{H5766}.
  • Job 35:2 : 2 Thinkest{H2803}{(H8804)} thou this to be right{H4941}, that thou saidst{H559}{(H8804)}, My righteousness{H6664} is more than God's{H410}?
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Wilt thou also disannul{H6565}{(H8686)} my judgment{H4941}? wilt thou condemn{H7561}{(H8686)} me, that thou mayest be righteous{H6663}{(H8799)}?
  • Job 42:4-6 : 4 Hear{H8085}{(H8798)}, I beseech thee, and I will speak{H1696}{(H8762)}: I will demand{H7592}{(H8799)} of thee, and declare{H3045}{(H8685)} thou unto me. 5 I have heard{H8085}{(H8804)} of thee by the hearing{H8088} of the ear{H241}: but now mine eye{H5869} seeth{H7200}{(H8804)} thee. 6 Wherefore I abhor{H3988}{(H8799)} myself, and repent{H5162}{(H8738)} in dust{H6083} and ashes{H665}.
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heavens{H8064} shall declare{H5046}{H8686)} his righteousness{H6664}: for God{H430} is judge{H8199}{H8802)} himself. Selah{H5542}.
  • Ps 50:21 : 21 These things hast thou done{H6213}{H8804)}, and I kept silence{H2790}{H8689)}; thou thoughtest{H1819}{H8765)} that I was altogether{H1961}{H8800)} such an one as thyself: but I will reprove{H3198}{H8686)} thee, and set them in order{H6186}{H8799)} before thine eyes{H5869}.
  • Ps 145:17 : 17 The LORD{H3068} is righteous{H6662} in all his ways{H1870}, and holy{H2623} in all his works{H4639}.
  • Jer 2:17-23 : 17 Hast thou not procured{H6213}{(H8799)} this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken{H5800}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, when{H6256} he led{H3212}{(H8688)} thee by the way{H1870}? 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way{H1870} of Egypt{H4714}, to drink{H8354}{(H8800)} the waters{H4325} of Sihor{H7883}? or what hast thou to do in the way{H1870} of Assyria{H804}, to drink{H8354}{(H8800)} the waters{H4325} of the river{H5104}? 19 Thine own wickedness{H7451} shall correct{H3256}{(H8762)} thee, and thy backslidings{H4878} shall reprove{H3198}{(H8686)} thee: know{H3045}{(H8798)} therefore and see{H7200}{(H8798)} that it is an evil{H7451} thing and bitter{H4751}, that thou hast forsaken{H5800}{(H8800)} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, and that my fear{H6345} is not in thee, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} of hosts{H6635}. 20 For of old time{H5769} I have broken{H7665}{(H8804)} thy yoke{H5923}, and burst{H5423}{(H8765)} thy bands{H4147}; and thou saidst{H559}{(H8799)}, I will not transgress{H5674}{(H8799)}{(H8675)}{H5647}{(H8799)}; when upon every high{H1364} hill{H1389} and under every green{H7488} tree{H6086} thou wanderest{H6808}{(H8802)}, playing the harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}. 21 Yet I had planted{H5193}{(H8804)} thee a noble vine{H8321}, wholly a right{H571} seed{H2233}: how then art thou turned{H2015}{(H8738)} into the degenerate plant{H5494} of a strange{H5237} vine{H1612} unto me? 22 For though thou wash{H3526}{(H8762)} thee with nitre{H5427}, and take thee much{H7235}{(H8686)} soap{H1287}, yet thine iniquity{H5771} is marked{H3799}{(H8737)} before{H6440} me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069}. 23 How canst thou say{H559}{(H8799)}, I am not polluted{H2930}{(H8738)}, I have not gone{H1980}{(H8804)} after{H310} Baalim{H1168}? see{H7200}{(H8798)} thy way{H1870} in the valley{H1516}, know{H3045}{(H8798)} what thou hast done{H6213}{(H8804)}: thou art a swift{H7031} dromedary{H1072} traversing{H8308}{(H8764)} her ways{H1870};
  • Jer 2:29-37 : 29 Wherefore will ye plead{H7378}{(H8799)} with me? ye all have transgressed{H6586}{(H8804)} against me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}. 30 In vain{H7723} have I smitten{H5221}{(H8689)} your children{H1121}; they received{H3947}{(H8804)} no correction{H4148}: your own sword{H2719} hath devoured{H398}{(H8804)} your prophets{H5030}, like a destroying{H7843}{(H8688)} lion{H738}. 31 O generation{H1755}, see{H7200}{(H8798)} ye the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068}. Have I been a wilderness{H4057} unto Israel{H3478}? a land{H776} of darkness{H3991}? wherefore say{H559}{(H8804)} my people{H5971}, We are lords{H7300}{(H8804)}; we will come{H935}{(H8799)} no more unto thee? 32 Can a maid{H1330} forget{H7911}{(H8799)} her ornaments{H5716}, or a bride{H3618} her attire{H7196}? yet my people{H5971} have forgotten{H7911}{(H8804)} me days{H3117} without number{H4557}. 33 Why trimmest{H3190}{(H8686)} thou thy way{H1870} to seek{H1245}{(H8763)} love{H160}? therefore hast thou also taught{H3925}{(H8765)} the wicked ones{H7451} thy ways{H1870}. 34 Also in thy skirts{H3671} is found{H4672}{(H8738)} the blood{H1818} of the souls{H5315} of the poor{H34} innocents{H5355}: I have not found{H4672}{(H8804)} it by secret search{H4290}, but upon all these. 35 Yet thou sayest{H559}{(H8799)}, Because I am innocent{H5352}{(H8738)}, surely his anger{H639} shall turn{H7725}{(H8804)} from me. Behold, I will plead{H8199}{(H8737)} with thee, because thou sayest{H559}{(H8800)}, I have not sinned{H2398}{(H8804)}. 36 Why gaddest thou about{H235}{(H8799)} so much{H3966} to change{H8138}{(H8763)} thy way{H1870}? thou also shalt be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)} of Egypt{H4714}, as thou wast ashamed{H954}{(H8804)} of Assyria{H804}. 37 Yea, thou shalt go forth{H3318}{(H8799)} from him, and thine hands{H3027} upon thine head{H7218}: for the LORD{H3068} hath rejected{H3988}{(H8804)} thy confidences{H4009}, and thou shalt not prosper{H6743}{(H8686)} in them.
  • Matt 20:11-15 : 11 And{G1161} when they had received{G2983}{(G5631)} it, they murmured{G1111}{(G5707)} against{G2596} the goodman of the house{G3617}, 12 {G3754} Saying{G3004}{(G5723)}, These{G3778} last{G2078} have wrought{G4160}{(G5656)} but one{G3391} hour{G5610}, and{G2532} thou hast made{G4160}{(G5656)} them{G846} equal{G2470} unto us{G2254}, which{G3588} have borne{G941}{(G5660)} the burden{G922} and{G2532} heat{G2742} of the day{G2250}. 13 But{G1161} he answered{G611}{(G5679)} one{G1520} of them{G846}, and said{G2036}{(G5627)}, Friend{G2083}, I do{G91} thee{G4571} no{G3756} wrong{G91}{(G5719)}: didst{G4856} not{G3780} thou agree{G4856}{(G5656)} with me{G3427} for a penny{G1220}? 14 Take{G142}{(G5657)} that thine{G4674} is, and{G2532} go thy way{G5217}{(G5720)}:{G1161} I will{G2309}{(G5719)} give{G1325}{(G5629)} unto this{G5129} last{G2078}, even{G2532} as{G5613} unto thee{G4671}. 15 {G2228} Is it not{G3756} lawful{G1832}{(G5748)} for me{G3427} to do{G4160}{(G5658)} what{G3739} I will{G2309}{(G5719)} with{G1722} mine own{G1699}?{G1487} Is{G2076}{(G5748)} thine{G4675} eye{G3788} evil{G4190}, because{G3754} I{G1473} am{G1510}{(G5748)} good{G18}?
  • Rom 2:5-6 : 5 But{G1161} after{G2596} thy{G4675} hardness{G4643} and{G2532} impenitent{G279} heart{G2588} treasurest up{G2343}{(G5719)} unto thyself{G4572} wrath{G3709} against{G1722} the day{G2250} of wrath{G3709} and{G2532} revelation{G602} of the righteous judgment{G1341} of God{G2316}; 6 Who{G3739} will render{G591}{(G5692)} to every man{G1538} according{G2596} to his{G846} deeds{G2041}:
  • Rom 3:5 : 5 But{G1161} if{G1487} our{G2257} unrighteousness{G93} commend{G4921}{(G5719)} the righteousness{G1343} of God{G2316}, what{G5101} shall we say{G2046}{(G5692)}?{G3361} Is God{G2316} unrighteous{G94} who taketh{G2018}{(G5723)} vengeance{G3709}?(I speak{G3004}{(G5719)} as{G2596} a man{G444})
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore{G1360} by{G1537} the deeds{G2041} of the law{G3551} there shall{G1344} no{G3956}{G3756} flesh{G4561} be justified{G1344}{(G5701)} in his{G846} sight{G1799}: for{G1063} by{G1223} the law{G3551} is the knowledge{G1922} of sin{G266}.
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 Nay but{G3304}, O{G5599} man{G444}, who{G5101} art{G1488}{(G5748)} thou{G4771} that repliest against{G470}{(G5740)} God{G2316}?{G3361} Shall{G2046} the thing formed{G4110} say{G2046}{(G5692)} to him that formed{G4111}{(G5660)} it, Why{G5101} hast thou made{G4160}{(G5656)} me{G3165} thus{G3779}?
  • Rom 10:3 : 3 For{G1063} they being ignorant{G50}{(G5723)} of God's{G2316} righteousness{G1343}, and{G2532} going about{G2212}{(G5723)} to establish{G2476}{(G5658)} their own{G2398} righteousness{G1343}, have{G5293} not{G3756} submitted themselves{G5293}{(G5648)} unto the righteousness{G1343} of God{G2316}.