1 Kings 8:32

New English Translation

Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:21

The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior.

1 Kings 2:32

May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David’s back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he – Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel’s army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah’s army.

1 Kings 2:33

May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, and his dynasty.”

Esther 9:25

But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king gave written orders that Haman’s evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.

Psalm 18:25

You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent.

Psalm 7:9

May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives!

Exodus 23:7

Keep your distance from a false charge – do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked.

Exodus 34:7

keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children’s children, to the third and fourth generation.”

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.

Proverbs 17:15

The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent – both of them are an abomination to the Lord.

Isaiah 45:25

All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord and will boast in him.

Ezekiel 18:13

engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death.

Ezekiel 18:20

The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father’s iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son’s iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness.

Ezekiel 18:30

“Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity.

Ezekiel 9:10

But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”

Numbers 5:27

When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness – her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

Romans 2:13

For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous.

Romans 7:9

And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive

Deuteronomy 25:1

If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.

1 Samuel 2:25

If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?” But Eli’s sons would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided to kill them.