Deuteronomy 32:4

Good News Translation

“The Lord is your mighty defender, perfect and just in all his ways; Your God is faithful and true; he does what is right and fair.

Cross References

Genesis 1:31

God looked at everything he had made, and he was very pleased. Evening passed and morning came—that was the sixth day.

Genesis 18:25

Surely you won't kill the innocent with the guilty. That's impossible! You can't do that. If you did, the innocent would be punished along with the guilty. That is impossible. The judge of all the earth has to act justly.”

2 Samuel 22:47

The Lord lives! Praise my defender! Proclaim the greatness of the strong God who saves me!

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel has spoken; the protector of Israel said to me: “The king who rules with justice, who rules in obedience to God,

2 Chronicles 19:7

Honor the Lord and act carefully, because the Lord our God does not tolerate fraud or partiality or the taking of bribes.”

Nehemiah 9:8

You found that he was faithful to you, and you made a covenant with him. You promised to give him the land of the Canaanites, the land of the Hittites and the Amorites, the land of the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Girgashites, to be a land where his descendants would live. You kept your promise, because you are faithful.

Job 34:10

Listen to me, you men who understand! Will Almighty God do what is wrong?

Job 35:14

Job, you say you can't see God; but wait patiently—your case is before him.

Job 36:23

No one can tell God what to do or accuse him of doing evil.

Job 8:3

God never twists justice; he never fails to do what is right.

Psalm 100:5

The Lord is good; his love is eternal and his faithfulness lasts forever.

Psalm 138:8

You will do everything you have promised; Lord, your love is eternal. Complete the work that you have begun.

Psalm 145:17

The Lord is righteous in all he does, merciful in all his acts.

Psalm 146:6

the Creator of heaven, earth, and sea, and all that is in them. He always keeps his promises;

Psalm 18:2

The Lord is my protector; he is my strong fortress. My God is my protection, and with him I am safe. He protects me like a shield; he defends me and keeps me safe.

Psalm 18:46

The Lord lives! Praise my defender! Proclaim the greatness of the God who saves me.

Psalm 19:7

The law of the Lord is perfect; it gives new strength. The commands of the Lord are trustworthy, giving wisdom to those who lack it.

Psalm 31:5

I place myself in your care. You will save me, Lord; you are a faithful God.

Psalm 33:4

The words of the Lord are true, and all his works are dependable.

Psalm 78:35

They remembered that God was their protector, that the Almighty came to their aid.

Psalm 9:16

The Lord has revealed himself by his righteous judgments, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

Psalm 90:16

Let us, your servants, see your mighty deeds; let our descendants see your glorious might.

Psalm 92:15

This shows that the Lord is just, that there is no wrong in my protector.

Psalm 97:2

Clouds and darkness surround him; he rules with righteousness and justice.

Psalm 98:3

He kept his promise to the people of Israel with loyalty and constant love for them. All people everywhere have seen the victory of our God.

Psalm 99:4

Mighty king, you love what is right; you have established justice in Israel; you have brought righteousness and fairness.

Exodus 34:6

The Lord then passed in front of him and called out, “I, the Lord, am a God who is full of compassion and pity, who is not easily angered and who shows great love and faithfulness.

Ecclesiastes 3:14

I know that everything God does will last forever. You can't add anything to it or take anything away from it. And one thing God does is to make us stand in awe of him.

Isaiah 17:10

Israel, you have forgotten the God who rescues you and protects you like a mighty rock. Instead, you plant sacred gardens in order to worship a foreign god.

Isaiah 25:1

Lord, you are my God; I will honor you and praise your name. You have done amazing things; you have faithfully carried out the plans you made long ago.

Isaiah 26:4

Trust in the Lord forever; he will always protect us.

Isaiah 28:16

This, now, is what the Sovereign Lord says: “I am placing in Zion a foundation that is firm and strong. In it I am putting a solid cornerstone on which are written the words, ‘Faith that is firm is also patient.’

Isaiah 30:18

And yet the Lord is waiting to be merciful to you. He is ready to take pity on you because he always does what is right. Happy are those who put their trust in the Lord.

Isaiah 32:2

Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.

Jeremiah 10:10

But you, Lord, are the true God, you are the living God and the eternal king. When you are angry, the world trembles; the nations cannot endure your anger. (

Jeremiah 9:24

If any want to boast, they should boast that they know and understand me, because my love is constant, and I do what is just and right. These are the things that please me. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Daniel 4:34

“When the seven years had passed,” said the king, “I looked up at the sky, and my sanity returned. I praised the Supreme God and gave honor and glory to the one who lives forever. “He will rule forever, and his kingdom will last for all time.

Daniel 4:37

“And now, I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, honor, and glorify the King of Heaven. Everything he does is right and just, and he can humble anyone who acts proudly.”

Habakkuk 1:12

Lord, from the very beginning you are God. You are my God, holy and eternal. Lord, my God and protector, you have chosen the Babylonians and made them strong so that they can punish us.

Habakkuk 1:13

But how can you stand these treacherous, evil men? Your eyes are too holy to look at evil, and you cannot stand the sight of people doing wrong. So why are you silent while they destroy people who are more righteous than they are?

Zephaniah 3:5

But the Lord is still in the city; he does what is right and never what is wrong. Every morning without fail, he brings justice to his people. And yet the unrighteous people there keep on doing wrong and are not ashamed.

Matthew 5:48

You must be perfect—just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

John 1:14

The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father's only Son.

John 1:17

God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

John 14:6

Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.

John 5:22

Nor does the Father himself judge anyone. He has given his Son the full right to judge,

Romans 1:32

They know that God's law says that people who live in this way deserve death. Yet, not only do they continue to do these very things, but they even approve of others who do them.

Romans 2:2

We know that God is right when he judges the people who do such things as these.

Romans 2:5

But you have a hard and stubborn heart, and so you are making your own punishment even greater on the Day when God's anger and righteous judgments will be revealed.

Romans 3:5

But what if our doing wrong serves to show up more clearly God's doing right? Can we say that God does wrong when he punishes us? (This would be the natural question to ask.)

1 Corinthians 10:4

and drank the same spiritual drink. They drank from the spiritual rock that went with them; and that rock was Christ himself.

Deuteronomy 10:18

He makes sure that orphans and widows are treated fairly; he loves the foreigners who live with our people, and gives them food and clothes.

Deuteronomy 32:15

“The Lord's people grew rich, but rebellious; they were fat and stuffed with food. They abandoned God their Creator and rejected their mighty savior.

Deuteronomy 32:18

They forgot their God, their mighty savior, the one who had given them life.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Remember that the Lord your God is the only God and that he is faithful. He will keep his covenant and show his constant love to a thousand generations of those who love him and obey his commands,

James 1:17

Every good gift and every perfect present comes from heaven; it comes down from God, the Creator of the heavenly lights, who does not change or cause darkness by turning.

James 4:12

God is the only lawgiver and judge. He alone can save and destroy. Who do you think you are, to judge someone else?

1 Peter 2:6

For the scripture says, “I chose a valuable stone, which I am placing as the cornerstone in Zion; and whoever believes in him will never be disappointed.”

1 Samuel 2:2

“No one is holy like the Lord; there is none like him, no protector like our God.