Daniel 9:8
9:8 O
LORD, we have been humiliated
– our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors – because we have sinned against you.
Daniel 9:14
9:14 The
LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the
LORD our God is just
in all he has done,
and we have not obeyed him.
Deuteronomy 32:4
32:4 As for the Rock, his work is perfect,
for all his ways are just.
He is a reliable God who is never unjust,
he is fair and upright.
Ezra 9:13
9:13 “Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this.
Nehemiah 9:33
9:33 You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully.
It is we who have been in the wrong!
Psalms 51:4
51:4 Against you – you above all – I have sinned;
I have done what is evil in your sight.
So you are just when you confront me;
you are right when you condemn me.
Psalms 51:14
51:14 Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me!
Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance.
Psalms 119:137
צ (Tsade)
119:137 You are just, O Lord,
and your judgments are fair.
Jeremiah 12:1
12:1 Lord, you have always been fair
whenever I have complained to you.
However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice.
Why are wicked people successful?
Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
Luke 23:40-41
23:40 But the other rebuked him, saying,
“Don’t
you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
23:41 And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing
wrong.”