Jeremiah 12:1

Tree of Life Version

Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?

Cross References

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from You to do such a thing—to cause the righteous to die with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked share the same fate! Far be it from You! Shall the Judge of the whole world not exercise justice?”

Ezra 9:15

Adonai, God of Israel, You are righteous, for we are left this day as a remnant. Behold, here we are before You in our guilt; because of it no one can stand before You.”

Nehemiah 9:33

You are righteous in all that has come upon us. For You have acted faithfully while we have done wickedly.

Job 12:6

The tents of marauders prosper, and there is security for those who provoke God— for those whom God brings in His hand.

Job 13:3

Still, I desire to speak to Shaddai and to argue my case with God.

Job 24:12

From the city men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out; yet God charges no one with folly.

Job 24:23

He allows him to rest in a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.

Job 8:17

he entwines his roots around a heap of stones, and looks for a place between the rocks.

Psalm 116:5

Adonai is gracious and righteous— yes, our God is compassionate.

Psalm 119:137

Righteous are You, Adonai, and Your judgments are upright.

Psalm 119:75

I know, Adonai, Your judgments are just. In faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Psalm 145:17

Adonai is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.

Psalm 37:1

Of David. Do not fret because of evildoers, nor be envious of them who do wrong.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a leafy tree in native soil.

Psalm 51:4

Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

Psalm 51:6

Against You, You only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are just when You speak, and blameless when You judge.

Psalm 92:7

A brutish man does not know, nor does a fool understand.

Proverbs 1:32

For the backsliding of the naïve will kill them and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Ecclesiastes 8:14

There is another enigma that occurs upon the earth: there are righteous people who are requited according to the work of the wicked, and there are wicked people who are requited according to the work of the righteous. I said, “This also is meaningless.”

Isaiah 41:21

“Present your case,” says Adonai. “Bring forth your reasons,” says the King of Jacob.

Isaiah 48:8

You have not heard; you never knew; even from long ago your ear has not been open. For I knew that you are treacherous, and from birth were called a rebel.

Jeremiah 11:20

But Adonai-Tzva’ot, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them. For to You I have made my cause known.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brothers —your father’s house— even they will betray you, even they will shout out after you. Have no confidence in them, even if they say nice words to you.”

Jeremiah 3:20

Yet as a woman betrays her lover, so have you betrayed Me, O house of Israel.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 3:7

Yet I thought that after she had done all this she would return to Me. But she did not return. Even her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.

Jeremiah 32:16

After I had given the purchase deed to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to Adonai, saying:

Jeremiah 5:11

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Jeremiah 9:2

They bend their tongue like a bow. Lies, not faithfulness, prevail in the land. “For they go from evil to evil and do not know Me,” says Adonai.

Lamentations 1:18

“Adonai is righteous, for I have rebelled against His word. Hear now, all peoples— look at my suffering! My maidens and my young men have gone into captivity.

Ezekiel 18:25

“Yet you say, ‘Adonai’s way is unfair!’ Hear now, house of Israel! Is My way not fair? Is it not your ways that are unfair?

Daniel 9:14

So Adonai was intent on bringing the calamity upon us, for Adonai Eloheinu is righteous in all His deeds that He has done—while we have not paid attention to His voice.

Daniel 9:7

“‘You Lord are righteousness, but shame covers our face to this day—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries where you have banished them—because they behaved unfaithfully toward you.

Hosea 6:7

But like Adam, they transgressed a covenant. There they dealt treacherously with Me.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore, Torah has no effect, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked encircle the righteous Therefore justice comes out perverted.

Zephaniah 3:5

Adonai is righteous in her midst. He will do no injustice. Morning by morning He brings His justice to light. He does not fail. Yet the unjust knows no shame.

Malachi 2:17

You wearied Adonai with your words. Yet you say: “How did we weary Him?” When you say: “Everyone doing evil is good in the sight of Adonai, and He delights in them.” Or, “Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:15

So now we are calling the proud blessed. Those who practice iniquity are built up. Indeed, they have tested God, and escaped!”

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock—blameless is His work. Indeed, all His ways are just. God of faithfulness without iniquity, righteous and upright is He.