Job 8:3 Cross References

Job 8:3

3: Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?

2 Chronicles 19:7

  1. Fear the LORD and judge with care, for the LORD our God does not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes."

Deuteronomy 32:4

  1. He is the Rock; his work is perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!

Genesis 18:25

  1. Surely you wouldn't do such a thing, destroying the innocent with the guilty. Why, you would be treating the innocent and the guilty exactly the same! Surely you wouldn't do that! Should not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?"

Romans 3:4

  1. Of course not! Though everyone else in the world is a liar, God is true. As the Scriptures say, "He will be proved right in what he says, and he will win his case in court."
  2. "But," some say, "our sins serve a good purpose, for people will see God's goodness when he declares us sinners to be innocent. Isn't it unfair, then, for God to punish us?" (That is actually the way some people talk.)
  3. Of course not! If God is not just, how is he qualified to judge the world?

Revelation 16:7

  1. And I heard a voice from the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God Almighty, your punishments are true and just."

Daniel 9:14

  1. The LORD has brought against us the disaster he prepared, for we did not obey him, and the LORD our God is just in everything he does.

Job 34:10

  1. "Listen to me, you who have understanding. Everyone knows that God doesn't sin! The Almighty can do no wrong.
  2. He repays people according to their deeds. He treats people according to their ways.
  3. There is no truer statement than this: God will not do wrong. The Almighty cannot twist justice.

Revelation 15:3

  1. And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your actions, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations.

Job 35:13

  1. But it is wrong to say God doesn't listen, to say the Almighty isn't concerned.

Job 34:5

  1. For Job has said, `I am innocent, but God has taken away my rights.

Job 40:2

  1. "Do you still want to argue with the Almighty? You are God's critic, but do you have the answers?"

Job 40:8

  1. Are you going to discredit my justice and condemn me so you can say you are right?

Psalms 99:4

  1. Mighty king, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel.

Job 21:20

  1. Let their own eyes see their destruction. Let them drink deeply of the anger of the Almighty.

Job 10:3

  1. What do you gain by oppressing me? Why do you reject me, the work of your own hands, while sending joy and prosperity to the wicked?

Job 9:2

  1. "Yes, I know this is all true in principle. But how can a person be declared innocent in the eyes of God?

Job 19:7

  1. "I cry out for help, but no one hears me. I protest, but there is no justice.

Psalms 89:14

  1. Your throne is founded on two strong pillars--righteousness and justice. Unfailing love and truth walk before you as attendants.

Job 21:15

  1. Who is the Almighty, and why should we obey him? What good will it do us if we pray?'

Job 4:17

  1. `Can a mortal be just and upright before God? Can a person be pure before the Creator?'

Ezekiel 33:17

  1. "Your people are saying, `The Lord is not just,' but it is they who are not just.

Romans 2:5

  1. But no, you won't listen. So you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself because of your stubbornness in refusing to turn from your sin. For there is going to come a day of judgment when God, the just judge of all the world,

Job 34:17

  1. Could God govern if he hated justice? Are you going to condemn the almighty Judge?
  2. For he says to kings and nobles, `You are wicked and unjust.'
  3. He doesn't care how great a person may be, and he doesn't pay any more attention to the rich than to the poor. He made them all.

Ezekiel 18:25

  1. "Yet you say, `The Lord isn't being just!' Listen to me, O people of Israel. Am I the one who is unjust, or is it you?

Ezekiel 33:20

  1. O people of Israel, you are saying, `The Lord is not just.' But I will judge each of you according to your deeds."
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