Job 8:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Does God pervert judgment, does the Almighty pervert justice?

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike! Far be it from you! Should not the judge of all the world do what is just?”

2 Chronicles 19:7

And now, let the fear of the Lord be upon you. Act carefully, for with the Lord, our God, there is no injustice, no partiality, no bribe-taking.”

Job 10:3

Is it a pleasure for you to oppress, to spurn the work of your hands, and shine on the plan of the wicked?

Job 19:6

Know then that it is God who has dealt unfairly with me, and compassed me round with his net.

Job 19:7

If I cry out “Violence!” I am not answered. I shout for help, but there is no justice.

Job 21:15

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what do we gain by praying to him?”

Job 21:20

Let his own eyes behold his calamity, and the wrath of the Almighty let him drink!

Job 34:5

For Job has said, “I am innocent, but God has taken away what is my right.

Job 35:13

But it is idle to say God does not hear or that the Almighty does not take notice.

Job 36:23

Who prescribes for him his way? Who says, “You have done wrong”?

Job 36:3

I will assemble arguments from afar, and for my maker I will establish what is right.

Job 37:23

The Almighty! We cannot find him, preeminent in power and judgment, abundant in justice, who never oppresses.

Job 4:17

“Can anyone be more in the right than God? Can mortals be more blameless than their Maker?

Job 40:2

Will one who argues with the Almighty be corrected? Let him who would instruct God give answer!

Job 40:8

Would you refuse to acknowledge my right? Would you condemn me that you may be justified?

Job 9:2

I know well that it is so; but how can anyone be in the right before God?

Psalm 89:14

You have a mighty arm. Your hand is strong; your right hand is ever exalted.

Psalm 99:4

O mighty king, lover of justice, you have established fairness; you have created just rule in Jacob.

Ezekiel 18:25

You say, “The Lord’s way is not fair!” Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair? Are not your ways unfair?

Ezekiel 33:17

Your people say, “The way of the Lord is not fair!” But it is their way that is not fair.

Ezekiel 33:20

But still you say, “The way of the Lord is not fair!” I will judge each of you according to your ways, house of Israel. The Survivor from Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:14

so the Lord kept watch over the evil and brought it upon us. The Lord, our God, is just in all that he has done: we did not listen to his voice.

Romans 2:5

By your stubbornness and impenitent heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself for the day of wrath and revelation of the just judgment of God,

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock—how faultless are his deeds, how right all his ways! A faithful God, without deceit, just and upright is he!

Revelation 15:3

and they sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are your works, Lord God almighty. Just and true are your ways, O king of the nations.

Revelation 16:7

Then I heard the altar cry out, “Yes, Lord God almighty, your judgments are true and just.”