Genesis 18:25 Cross References - NSB

²⁵ »Surely you would not do that! Would you slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked? Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?«

⁴ »He is the Rock! His work is perfect. For all His ways are just. He is a God of faithfulness and without evil. He is just and upright.

³ »Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

²⁰ »Certainly God does not reject a blameless man or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

²² »It is all one thing. Therefore I say: God destroys the blameless and the wicked. ²³ »If the scourge slays suddenly, God laughs at the plight of the innocent.

⁵ Jehovah tests (examines) righteous and wicked people alike. He hates wicked people and the ones who love violence. ⁶ He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind. ⁷ Jehovah is righteous. He loves a righteous way of life. Upright people will see his face (contemplate his presence).

¹⁷ »Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous Mighty One? ¹⁸ »Should anyone even say to a king: You good-for-nothing scoundrel! Or to nobles, you wicked people! ¹⁹ »The one who is righteous and mighty does not grant special favors to princes or prefer important people to poor people because his hands made them all.

¹¹ Men will say: Truly there is a reward for the righteous. Truly there is a God who judges the earth.

² Rise up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud.

⁹ This is in Jehovah’s presence because he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and its people with fairness.

¹⁵ I have seen all things in the days of my vanity. There is a just man who perished in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolonged his life in his wickedness.

¹² Though a sinner does evil a hundred times, and he lives a long life, yet I know that it will be well with those who respect (reverence) God and worship him. ¹³ Things will not go well with the wicked. He will not prolong his days. His days are like a shadow. He does not respect God.

¹⁰ Tell the righteous that blessings will come to them. They will taste the fruit of their labor. ¹¹ How horrible it will be for the wicked! Disaster will strike them. What they have done to others will be done to them.

¹ The righteous perishes and no man takes it to heart. Merciful men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous is taken away from evil. ² He will enter into peace. The honorable and honest will rest in his bed.

¹ Jehovah, if I argued my case with you, you would prove to be right. Indeed, I must question you about matters of justice. Why are the wicked so prosperous? Why do dishonest people succeed with impunity?

¹⁸ »Once again my people will see the difference between the righteous and the wicked, between the person who serves God and the one who does not.«

²² »The Father does not judge any man for he has given all judgment to the Son. ²³ »All may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father that sent him. ²⁴ »Truly, Truly I say to you, he who hears my word, and believes him that sent me, has everlasting life. He will not receive judgment for he has passed out of death into life. ²⁵ »Truly I tell you, the hour is coming when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear (listen) (understand) will live. ²⁶ »The Son has life in himself just as the Father has life in himself. For the Father gave him life. ²⁷ »And he gave him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.

⁵ If our unrighteousness defines God’s righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? God is not unrighteous when he vents his anger is he? I speak in human terms. ⁶ Not at all! For how will God judge the world?

¹⁰ We must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ; that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether it is good or bad.