Romans 3:4 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁴ God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgement.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, And mightest overcome when thou art judged.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ By no means! Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written, That You may be justified and shown to be upright in what You say, and prevail when You are judged [by sinful men]. [Ps. 51:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

Common English Bible

⁴ Absolutely not! God must be true, even if every human being is a liar, as it is written: “So that it can show that you are right in your words; ” “and you will triumph when you are judged.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: "Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ But God is true; and every man a liar, as it is written, That thou mayest be justified in thy words, and mayest overcome when thou art judged.

Romans 3:4 Cross References

Job 36:3

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Job 40:8

Wilt thou even disannul my judgement? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

Psalm 100:5

For the LORD is good; his mercy endureth for ever; And his faithfulness unto all generations.

Psalm 116:11

I said in my haste, All men are a lie.

Psalm 119:160

The sum of thy word is truth; And every one of thy righteous judgements endureth for ever. ש SHIN

Psalm 138:2

I will worship toward thy holy temple, And give thanks unto thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.

Psalm 51:4

Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight: That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

Psalm 62:9

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.

Micah 7:20

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Matthew 11:19

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works.

Luke 20:16

He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.

John 3:33

He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.

Romans 11:1

I say then, Did God cast off his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

Romans 11:11

I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.

Romans 3:31

Do we then make the law of none effect through faith? God forbid: nay, we establish the law.

Romans 6:15

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under law, but under grace? God forbid.

Romans 6:2

God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?

Romans 7:13

Did then that which is good become death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might be shewn to be sin, by working death to me through that which is good; --that through the commandment sin might become exceeding sinful.

Romans 7:7

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Howbeit, I had not known sin, except through the law: for I had not known coveting, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet:

Romans 9:14

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.

1 Corinthians 6:15

Know ye not that your bodies are members of Christ? shall I then take away the members of Christ, and make them members of a harlot? God forbid.

2 Corinthians 1:18

But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.

Galatians 2:17

But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.

Galatians 2:21

I do not make void the grace of God: for if righteousness is through the law, then Christ died for nought.

Galatians 6:14

But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are judgement: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.

1 Timothy 3:16

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen of angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, received up in glory.

Titus 1:2

in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before times eternal;

Hebrews 6:18

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have a strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us;

1 John 5:10

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Revelation 3:7

And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and none shall shut, and that shutteth, and none openeth: