Verse 23

For He will not lay upon man more than right, that he should enter into judgment with God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 119:137 : 137 TZADDI. Righteous are You, O LORD, and upright are Your judgments.
  • Dan 9:7-9 : 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You. 8 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against You. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him;
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to Him who formed it, Why have you made me like this?
  • Isa 42:3 : 3 A bruised reed he shall not break, and the smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth justice unto truth.
  • Jer 2:5 : 5 Thus says the LORD, What wrong have your fathers found in me, that they have gone far from me, and have followed idols, and have become idolaters?
  • Ezra 9:13 : 13 And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great trespass, seeing that You our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such deliverance as this;
  • Job 9:32-33 : 32 For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, and we should come together in judgment. 33 Nor is there any mediator between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.
  • Job 11:6 : 6 And that He would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double what is! Know therefore that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
  • Job 11:11 : 11 For He knows deceptive men; He sees wickedness also; will He not then consider it?
  • Job 16:21 : 21 Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!
  • Job 23:7 : 7 There the righteous might dispute with him, so I would be delivered forever from my judge.
  • Job 34:10-12 : 10 Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God to do wickedness, and from the Almighty to commit iniquity. 11 For the work of a man shall He repay him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. 12 Surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice.