Zephaniah 3:5

Modern English Version

The Lord is righteous in her midst; He does no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He does not fail, but the unjust knows no shame.

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated like the wicked; far be it from You. Should not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Job 34:10

“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: Far be it from God that He should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that He should commit iniquity.

Job 7:18

and that You should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

Job 8:3

Does God pervert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?

Psalm 145:17

The Lord is righteous in all His ways and merciful in all His works.

Psalm 37:6

He will bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your justice as the noonday.

Psalm 92:15

to declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.

Isaiah 12:6

Cry out and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion. For great is the Holy One of Israel in your midst.

Isaiah 28:19

As often as it passes through, it shall seize you; for morning by morning it shall pass through, anytime by day or night. It shall be terror only to understand the report.

Isaiah 33:2

O  Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Isaiah 45:21

Declare and set forth your case; let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from ancient times? Who has told it from that time? Have not I, the Lord? And there is no God besides Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is no other besides Me.

Isaiah 50:4

The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned, that I may know how to sustain him who is weary with a word; He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen as the learned.

Jeremiah 21:12

O house of David; thus says the Lord: Execute justice each morning, and deliver him who has been robbed from the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go out like fire and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your deeds.

Jeremiah 3:3

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain. And you had a harlot’s forehead; you refused to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 6:15

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? They were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them they shall be cast down, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? They were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall; in the time of their punishment they will be cast down, says the Lord.

Lamentations 3:23

They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness.

Ezekiel 18:25

Yet you say, “The way of the Lord is not right.” Hear now, O house of Israel. Is not My way right? Are not your ways not right?

Ezekiel 48:35

The circumference shall be eighteen thousand cubits. And the name of the city from that day shall be, The Lord Is There.

Hosea 14:9

Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever prudent, let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, and the just will walk in them; but the transgressors stumble in them.

Hosea 6:5

Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets. I have killed them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like light.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet upon the Lord they lean, saying, “Is not the Lord in our midst? Evil will not come upon us.”

Micah 7:9

I will endure the rage of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him, until the time when He pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out into the light; I will look upon His vindication.

Habakkuk 1:3

Why do You make me see wickedness, and cause me to see trouble? Plundering and violence are before me; strife and contention arise.

Zephaniah 2:1

Gather together, yes, gather together, O shameless nation,

Zephaniah 3:13

The remnant of Israel will do no unrighteousness, nor speak lies; nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth; for they will feed and lie down, and no one will make them afraid.

Zephaniah 3:15

The Lord has taken away your judgments, He has cast out your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; you will see evil no more.

Zephaniah 3:17

The Lord your God is in your midst, a Mighty One, who will save. He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will renew you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing.

Zechariah 2:5

And I will be like a wall of fire all around her, says the Lord, and I will be as glory in her midst.”

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! And cry aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; he is righteous and able to deliver, he is humble and riding on a donkey, a colt, the offspring of a donkey.

Luke 12:2

For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known.

Romans 2:5

But because of your hardness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself on the day of wrath when the righteous judgment of God will be revealed,

Romans 3:26

to prove His righteousness at this present time so that He might be just and be the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and will reveal the purposes of the hearts. Then everyone will have commendation from God.

Deuteronomy 23:14

For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp, to deliver you, and to defeat your enemies before you. Therefore, your camp must be holy, so that He does not see any indecent thing among you, and turn away from you.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the rock; His work is perfect; for all His ways are just. He is a God of faithfulness and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.

1 Peter 1:17

And if you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your sojourning.