Jeremiah 12:1

American Standard Version (1901)

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

Cross References

Malachi 3:15

and now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are built up; yea, they tempt God, and escape.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked spring as the grass, And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; It is that they shall be destroyed for ever.

Psalm 37:1

Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, Neither be thou envious against them that work unrighteousness.

Daniel 9:7

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is slacked, and justice doth never go forth; for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore justice goeth forth perverted.

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 37:35

I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

Zephaniah 3:5

Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

Jeremiah 11:20

But, O Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who triest the heart and the mind, I shall see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee have I revealed my cause.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

Jeremiah 5:11

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.

Job 13:3

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to reason with God.

Ezra 9:15

O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this.

Hosea 6:7

But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Isaiah 48:8

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from of old thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou didst deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb.

Isaiah 41:21

Produce your cause, saith Jehovah; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.

Proverbs 1:32

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

Psalm 145:17

Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.

Psalm 119:137

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Deuteronomy 32:4

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

Genesis 18:25

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

Nehemiah 9:33

Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

Psalm 116:5

Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is a vanity which is done upon the earth, that there are righteous men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

Jeremiah 3:7

And I said after she had done all these things, She will return unto me; but she returned not: and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Jeremiah 3:20

Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

Jeremiah 32:16

Now after I had delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto Jehovah, saying,

Lamentations 1:18

Jehovah is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and behold my sorrow: My virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.

Ezekiel 18:25

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Job 8:17

His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

Job 24:12

From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

Job 24:23

God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

Psalm 51:6

Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

Daniel 9:14

Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.

Malachi 2:17

Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?