1 Kings 8:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Listen from heaven and decide who is right. Then punish the guilty person and let the innocent one go free.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:21

You are good to me, LORD, because I do right, and you reward me because I am innocent.

1 Kings 2:33

Joab's family will always suffer because of what he did, but the LORD will always bless David's family and his kingdom with peace.

Esther 9:25

Esther went to King Xerxes and asked him to save her people. Then the king gave written orders for Haman and his sons to be punished in the same terrible way that Haman had in mind for the Jews. So they were hanged.

Psalm 18:25

You are always loyal to your loyal people, and you are faithful to the faithful.

Psalm 7:9

You know every heart and mind, and you always do right. Now make violent people stop, but protect all of us who obey you.

Exodus 23:7

Don't bring false charges against anyone or sentence an innocent person to death. I won't forgive you if you do.

Exodus 34:7

I keep my promises to my people for ever, but I also punish anyone who sins. When people sin, I punish them and their children, and also their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”

Proverbs 1:31

“Now you will eat the fruit of what you have done, until you are stuffed full with your own schemes.

Proverbs 17:15

The LORD doesn't like those who defend the guilty or condemn the innocent.

Isaiah 45:25

I, the LORD, will give victory and great honour to the people of Israel.”

Ezekiel 18:13

and charges high interest when lending money. An evil man like that will certainly not live. He is the one who has done these horrible sins, so it's his own fault that he will be put to death.

Ezekiel 18:20

Only those who sin will be put to death. Children won't suffer for the sins of their parents, and parents won't suffer for the sins of their children. Good people will be rewarded for what they do, and evil people will be punished for what they do.

Ezekiel 18:30

I will judge each of you for what you've done. So stop sinning, or else you will certainly be punished.

Ezekiel 9:10

And so I will not have pity on them or forgive them. They will be punished for what they have done.”

Numbers 5:27

If the woman has been unfaithful, the water will immediately make her unable to have children, and she will be a curse among her people.

Romans 2:13

God accepts those who obey his Law, but not those who simply hear it.

Romans 7:9

Before I knew about the Law, I was alive. But as soon as I heard that command, sin came to life,

Deuteronomy 25:1

Suppose you and someone else each accuse the other of doing something wrong, and you go to court, where the judges decide you are guilty. If your punishment is to be beaten with a whip, one of the judges will order you to lie down, and you will receive the number of lashes you deserve.

1 Samuel 2:25

If you harm another person, God can help make things right between the two of you. But if you commit a crime against the LORD, no one can help you!” But the LORD had already decided to kill them. So he kept them from listening to their father.