Verse 6

Certainly not: for then how will God judge the world?

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Does God pervert judgment, or does the Almighty pervert justice?
  • Job 34:17-19 : 17 Shall even he who hates justice govern? And will you condemn Him who is most just? 18 Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? And to princes, You are ungodly? 19 How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.
  • Ps 9:8 : 8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness; he shall administer judgment to the people in uprightness.
  • Ps 11:5-7 : 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. 6 Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup. 7 For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; His countenance beholds the upright.
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 And the heavens shall declare His righteousness: for God Himself is judge. Selah.
  • Ps 96:13 : 13 Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
  • Ps 98:9 : 9 Before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness he shall judge the world, and the people with fairness.
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 Because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained; He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.
  • Rom 2:16 : 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.