Jeremiah 12:1

Legacy Standard Bible

Righteous are You, O Yahweh, when I would plead my case with You; Indeed I would speak matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked succeeded? Why are all those who deal in treachery complacent?

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do justice?”

Ezra 9:15

O Yahweh, the God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”

Nehemiah 9:33

“However, You are righteous in all that has come upon us; For You have dealt in truth, but we have acted wickedly.

Job 12:6

“The tents of the destroyers are complacent, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power.

Job 13:3

¶“But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God.

Job 24:12

“From the city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not pay attention to such offense.

Job 24:23

“He provides them with security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways.

Job 8:17

“His roots wrap around a rock pile; He looks upon a house of stones.

Psalm 116:5

¶Gracious is Yahweh, and righteous; And our God is compassionate.

Psalm 119:137

¶Righteous are You, O Yahweh, And upright are Your judgments.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Yahweh, that Your judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Psalm 145:17

¶Yahweh is righteous in all His ways And holy in all His works.

Psalm 37:1

Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward doers of unrighteousness.

Psalm 37:35

¶I have seen a wicked, ruthless man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil.

Psalm 51:4

Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And pure when You judge.

Psalm 51:6

Behold, You delight in truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom.

Psalm 92:7

That when the wicked flourished like grass And all the workers of iniquity blossomed, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore.

Proverbs 1:32

“For the turning away of the simple will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is vanity which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the works of the wicked. On the other hand, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the works of the righteous. I say that this too is vanity.

Isaiah 41:21

¶“Bring near your case,” Yahweh says. “Bring forward your mighty arguments,” The King of Jacob says.

Isaiah 48:8

“Indeed, you have not heard; indeed, you have not known. Indeed, even from long ago your ear has not been open Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a transgressor from the womb.

Jeremiah 11:20

But, O Yahweh of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tests the insides and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You have I revealed my case.

Jeremiah 12:6

“For even your brothers and the household of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you, Even they have called aloud after you. Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you.”

Jeremiah 3:20

“Surely, as a woman treacherously departs from her lover, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 3:7

I said, ‘After she has done all these things, she will return to Me’; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it.

Jeremiah 32:16

“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to Yahweh, saying,

Jeremiah 5:11

“For the house of Israel and the house of Judah Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 9:2

Oh that I had in the desert A travelers’ lodging place, That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, A solemn assembly of treacherous men.

Lamentations 1:18

“Yahweh is righteous; For I have rebelled against His command; Hear now, all peoples, And behold my pain; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.

Ezekiel 18:25

Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not right.’ Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right?

Daniel 9:14

Therefore Yahweh has watched over the calamity and brought it on us; for Yahweh our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not listened to His voice.

Daniel 9:7

“To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have banished them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

Hosea 6:7

But like Adam they have trespassed against the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is ignored, And justice never comes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes forth perverted.

Zephaniah 3:5

Yahweh is righteous in her midst; He will do no injustice. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He does not fail. But the unjust knows no shame.

Malachi 2:17

You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:15

So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up, but they also test God and escape.’ ”

Deuteronomy 32:4

“The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He.