Verse 6

May it never be! For then how will God judge the world?

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 18:25 : 25 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?"
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
  • 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 9:8 : 8 He will judge the world in righteousness. He will administer judgment to the peoples in uprightness.
  • 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.
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.
  • Ps 96:13 : 13 before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.
  • 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.
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead."
  • Rom 2:16 : 16 in the day when God will judge the secrets of men, according to my Good News, by Jesus Christ.