Job 8:3

Bildad insists God never perverts justice or righteousness. The principle is true, but he wrongly applies it to conclude Job must be guilty.

Cross-references · 25

• Gen 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
• 2 Chr 19:7And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
• Deut 32:4He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
• Rom 3:4–6Certainly not! Let God be true and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that You may be proved right when You speak and victorious when You judge.”
• Ezek 33:20Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
• Dan 9:14Therefore the LORD has kept the calamity in store and brought it upon us. For the LORD our God is righteous in all He does; yet we have not obeyed His voice.
• Job 34:10–12Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
• Job 21:15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
• Job 4:17‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?
• Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
• Job 34:17–19Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
• Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
• Job 19:7Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
• Job 21:20Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
• Rev 16:7And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
• Rev 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
• Job 40:2“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
• Job 34:5For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
• Job 35:13Surely God does not listen to empty pleas, and the Almighty does not take note of it.
• Ezek 33:17Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
• Job 10:3Does it please You to oppress me, to reject the work of Your hands and favor the schemes of the wicked?
• Ezek 18:25Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
• Ps 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and faithfulness go before You.
• Ps 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Rom 2:5But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

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