Job 8:3
8:3 Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Job 36:23
36:23 Who has prescribed his ways for him?
Or said to him, ‘You have done what is wicked’?
Job 37:23
37:23 As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him!
He is great in power,
but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.
Genesis 18:25
18:25 Far be it from you to do such a thing – to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge
of the whole earth do what is right?”
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.
Deuteronomy 32:2
32:2 My teaching will drop like the rain,
my sayings will drip like the dew,
as rain drops upon the grass,
and showers upon new growth.
Deuteronomy 19:7
19:7 Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities.
Psalms 92:15
92:15 So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector,
is just and never unfair.
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?
Romans 3:4-5
3:4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being
shown up as a liar,
just as it is written: “
so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”
3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.)
Romans 9:14
9:14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!
James 1:13
1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil,
and he himself tempts no one.