Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?*
Romans 2:2 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [But] we know that the judgment (adverse verdict, sentence) of God falls justly and in accordance with truth upon those who practice such things. American Standard Version (1901) And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things. Common English Bible We know that God’s judgment agrees with the truth, and his judgment is against those who do these kinds of things. Catholic Public Domain Version For we know that the judgment of God is in accord with truth against those who do such things. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For we know that the judgment of God is, according to truth, against them that do such things. |
Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?*
For he doesn't need to consider a man further, that he should go before God in judgment.
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
before the LORD; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.
Let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I didn't say to the seed of Ya`akov, Seek you me in vain: I, the LORD, speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Declare you, and bring [it] forth; yes, let them take counsel together: who has shown this from ancient time? who has declared it of old? Haven't I, the LORD? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Savior; there is no one besides me.
Righteous are you, LORD, when I contend with you; yet would I reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, house of Yisra'el: Is my way not equal? Aren't your ways unequal?
Yet says the house of Yisra'el, The way of the Lord is not equal. house of Yisra'el, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
Now I, Nevukhadnetzar 1, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
The LORD, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame.
because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.*
Therefore you are without excuse, O man, whoever you are who judge. For in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself. For you who judge practice the same things.
Do you think this, O man who judges those who practice such things, and do the same, that you will escape the judgment of God?
But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God;
What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!
I heard the angel of the waters saying, *You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you have judged these things.
for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.*