Revelation 16:5

Good News Translation

I heard the angel in charge of the waters say, “The judgments you have made are just, O Holy One, you who are and who were!

Cross References

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.”

Psalm 129:4

But the Lord, the righteous one, has freed me from slavery.”

Psalm 145:17

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

Lamentations 1:18

“But the Lord is just, for I have disobeyed him. Listen to me, people everywhere; look at me in my pain. My young men and women have been taken away captive.

Daniel 9:14

You, O Lord our God, were prepared to punish us, and you did, because you always do what is right, and we did not listen to you.

John 17:25

Righteous Father! The world does not know you, but I know you, and these know that you sent me.

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.)

Revelation 1:4

From John to the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace be yours from God, who is, who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits in front of his throne,

Revelation 1:8

“I am the first and the last,” says the Lord God Almighty, who is, who was, and who is to come.

Revelation 11:17

saying: “Lord God Almighty, the one who is and who was! We thank you that you have taken your great power and have begun to rule!

Revelation 16:4

Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood.

Revelation 16:7

Then I heard a voice from the altar saying, “Lord God Almighty! True and just indeed are your judgments!”

Revelation 19:2

True and just are his judgments! He has condemned the prostitute who was corrupting the earth with her immorality. God has punished her because she killed his servants.”

Revelation 4:8

Each one of the four living creatures had six wings, and they were covered with eyes, inside and out. Day and night they never stop singing: “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was, who is, and who is to come.”

Revelation 6:10

They shouted in a loud voice, “Almighty Lord, holy and true! How long will it be until you judge the people on earth and punish them for killing us?”