1 Kings 8:32

Modern English Version

then may You hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked, bringing his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, giving him according to his righteousness.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:21

The Lord did for me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands He recompensed me.

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord shall return his blood upon his own head, for he attacked two men more righteous and better than he —Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah—and killed them with the sword when my father David was unaware.

1 Kings 2:33

Therefore their blood shall return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his seed forever, but upon David and upon his seed and upon his house and upon his throne shall the peace of the Lord rest forever.”

Esther 9:25

But when Esther came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked plot which Haman had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

Psalm 18:25

With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; with the blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;

Psalm 7:9

May the evil of the wicked come to an end; may You vindicate the righteous; You are a righteous God who examines the minds and hearts.

Exodus 23:7

Keep far away from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

Exodus 34:7

keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the just, both are abominations to the Lord.

Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and shall glory.

Ezekiel 18:13

has lent at interest, and has taken increase, shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood shall be upon his own head.

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the punishment of the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the punishment of the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.

Ezekiel 18:30

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent, and turn away from all your transgressions so that iniquity shall not be your ruin.

Ezekiel 9:10

But as for Me, My eye shall not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their heads.”

Numbers 5:27

When he has made her to drink the water, then it will be that, if she is defiled and has acted treacherously against her husband, the water that causes the curse will enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly will swell, and her thigh will rot, and the woman will be a curse among her people.

Romans 2:13

for the hearers of the law are not justified before God, but the doers of the law will be justified.

Romans 7:9

I was alive without the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there is a controversy between men, they are to go to court for judgment, so that the judges may judge them. Then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.

1 Samuel 2:25

If one man sins against another, God will judge him, but if a man sins against the Lord, who will intercede for him?” But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the Lord desired to kill them.