Yahweh is righteous in all his ways, and gracious in all his works.
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
- BSB The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
- NKJV The Lord is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works.
- NASB ¶The Lord is righteous in all His ways, And kind in all His works.
- NLT The Lord is righteous in everything he does; he is filled with kindness.
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Quick answer
God is righteous in all His ways and gracious in all His works. His justice and His kindness are perfectly consistent in everything He does.
Overview
Nothing God does departs from righteousness, and nothing departs from grace; the two are inseparable in His character. This assures believers they can trust both His fairness and His mercy. The cross supremely displays this union, where God's justice and grace meet in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Deut 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
- Zeph 3:5Yahweh, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame.
- Ps 103:6Yahweh executes righteous acts, and justice for all who are oppressed.
- Isa 45:21Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.
- Ps 116:5Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.
- Rev 19:11I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
- Ps 89:14Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
- Ps 50:6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.
- Rom 3:25–26whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
- Ps 99:3–4Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
- Rev 15:3–4They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
- Gen 18:25Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
- Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- 1 Sam 2:2–3There is no one as holy as Yahweh, For there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.
- Rev 16:5–7I heard the angel of the waters saying, “You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One, because you have judged these things.
- Rom 3:5–6But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.
- Rev 19:2for true and righteous are his judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”
- Rev 4:8The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
- Ps 97:2Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
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