Ezekiel 18:25

Catholic Public Domain Version

And you have said, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment."

Job 15:13

Why does your spirit stir against God, so as to utter such speeches from your mouth?

Job 32:2

And Eliu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was angry and indignant. But he was angry against Job because he described himself to be just in the presence of God.

Job 35:2

Does it seem right to you in your thoughts, that you should say, "I am more just than God?"

Job 40:8

Hide them in the dust together and plunge their faces into the pit.

Psalm 50:21

Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.

Psalm 50:6

Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.

Proverbs 19:3

The foolishness of a man undermines his steps. And then he seethes in his soul against God.

Jeremiah 12:1

Certainly, O Lord, you are just. But if I may contend with you, while still speaking what is just to you: Why does the way of the impious prosper? Why is it well with all those who transgress and act unfairly?

Ezekiel 18:26

For when the just man turns himself away from his justice, and commits iniquity, he shall die by this; by the injustice that he has worked, he shall die.

Ezekiel 18:29

And yet the sons of Israel say, 'The way of the Lord is not fair.' How could it be that my ways are not fair, O house of Israel? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?

Ezekiel 33:17

And the sons of your people have said, 'The way of the Lord is not a fair balance,' even while their own way is unjust.

Ezekiel 33:20

And yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' But I shall judge each one of you according to his own ways, O house of Israel."

Zephaniah 3:5

The just Lord is in their midst; he will not do iniquity. In the morning, in the morning, he will bring his judgment into the light, and it will not be hidden. But the impious one has not known shame.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied the Lord with your speeches, and you have said, "In what way, have we wearied him?" In that you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and such as these please him," or certainly, "Where is the God of judgment?"

Romans 10:3

For, being ignorant of the justice of God, and seeking to establish their own justice, they have not subjected themselves to the justice of God.

Romans 3:20

For in his presence no flesh shall be justified by the works of the law. For knowledge of sin is through the law.

Romans 3:5

But if even our injustice points to the justice of God, what shall we say? Could God be unfair for inflicting wrath?

Romans 9:20

O man, who are you to question God? How can the thing that has been formed say to the One who formed him: "Why have you made me this way?"

Deuteronomy 32:4

The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments. God is faithful and without any iniquity. He is just and upright.