1 Kings 8:32

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

then hear thou in heaven, and act, and judge thy servants, condemning the guilty by bringing his conduct upon his own head, and vindicating the righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

Cross References

2 Samuel 22:21

“The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands he recompensed me.

1 Kings 2:32

The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds upon his own head, because, without the knowledge of my father David, he attacked and slew with the sword two men more righteous and better than himself, Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah.

1 Kings 2:33

So shall their blood come back upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants for ever; but to David, and to his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne, there shall be peace from the Lord for evermore.”

Esther 9:25

but when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that his wicked plot which he 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 loyal thou dost show thyself loyal; with the blameless man thou dost show thyself blameless;

Psalm 7:9

O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish thou the righteous, thou who triest the minds and hearts, thou righteous God.

Exodus 23:7

Keep far from a false charge, and do not slay the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

Exodus 34:7

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

Proverbs 1:31

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.

Proverbs 17:15

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Isaiah 45:25

In the Lord all the offspring of Israel shall triumph and glory.”

Ezekiel 18:13

lends at interest, and takes increase; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominable things; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon himself.

Ezekiel 18:20

The soul that sins shall die. The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, nor the father suffer for 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 from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin.

Ezekiel 9:10

As for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I have pity, but I will requite their deeds upon their heads.”

Numbers 5:27

And when he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and has acted unfaithfully against her husband, the water that brings the curse shall enter into her and cause bitter pain, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away, and the woman shall become an execration among her people.

Romans 2:13

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified.

Romans 7:9

I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived and I died;

Deuteronomy 25:1

“If there is a dispute between men, and they come into court, and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty,

1 Samuel 2:25

If a man sins against a man, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father; for it was the will of the Lord to slay them.