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Job 8:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Dotho God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

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Job 34:12,17• ¹²Yea, surely, *God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.
¹⁷Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just? (Job 34:12,17)

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Deut. 32:4• ⁴He is the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A *God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)

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2 Chron. 19:7• ⁷And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents. (2 Chron. 19:7)

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Psa. 89:14• ¹⁴Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face. (Psa. 89:14)

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Dan. 9:14• ¹⁴And Jehovah hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice. (Dan. 9:14)

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Rom. 3:5‑6• ⁵But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak according to man.
⁶Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world? (Rom. 3:5‑6)

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Job 4:17• ¹⁷Shall mortal man be more just than +God? Shall a man be purer than his Maker? (Job 4:17)

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Job 9:2• ²Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with *God? (Job 9:2)

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Job 10:3• ³Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? (Job 10:3)

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Job 19:7• ⁷Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. (Job 19:7)

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Job 34:5,12,17‑19• ⁵For Job hath said, I am righteous, and *God hath taken away my judgment:
¹²Yea, surely, *God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment.
¹⁷Should he that hateth right indeed govern? and wilt thou condemn the All-just?
¹⁸Shall one say to a king, Belial? to nobles, Wicked?
¹⁹How then to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich man more than the poor? for they are all the work of his hands. (Job 34:5,12,17‑19)

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Job 40:8• ⁸Wilt thou also annul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me that thou mayest be righteous? (Job 40:8)

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Gen. 18:25• ²⁵Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked--far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right? (Gen. 18:25)

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Deut. 32:4• ⁴He is the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A *God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)

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2 Chron. 19:7• ⁷And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents. (2 Chron. 19:7)

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Ezek. 18:25• ²⁵And ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear then, house of Israel. Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? (Ezek. 18:25)

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Ezek. 33:17,20• ¹⁷Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.
²⁰Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. (Ezek. 33:17,20)

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Psa. 89:14• ¹⁴Righteousness and judgment are the foundation of thy throne; loving-kindness and truth go before thy face. (Psa. 89:14)

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Dan. 9:14• ¹⁴And Jehovah hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice. (Dan. 9:14)

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Rom. 2:5• ⁵but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasurest up to thyself wrath, in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, (Rom. 2:5)

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Rom. 3:4‑6• ⁴Far be the thought: but let God be true, and every man false; according as it is written, So that thou shouldest be justified in thy words, and shouldest overcome when thou art in judgment.
⁵But if our unrighteousness commend God's righteousness, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak according to man.
⁶Far be the thought: since how shall God judge the world? (Rom. 3:4‑6)

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Job 21:15,20• ¹⁵What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?
²⁰His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the fury of the Almighty. (Job 21:15,20)

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Job 34:10‑12• ¹⁰Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be wickedness from *God, and wrong from the Almighty!
¹¹For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to his way.
¹²Yea, surely, *God acteth not wickedly, and the Almighty perverteth not judgment. (Job 34:10‑12)

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Job 35:13• ¹³Surely *God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. (Job 35:13)

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Job 40:2• ²Shall he that will contend with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth +God, let him answer it. (Job 40:2)

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Psa. 99:4• ⁴And the strength of the king that loveth justice. *Thou* hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. (Psa. 99:4)

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Rev. 15:3• ³And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, O King of nations. (Rev. 15:3)

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Rev. 16:7• ⁷And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. (Rev. 16:7)

• Is God unjust? (vers. 3-7). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

• For anyone who knows Him there can be but one answer. “Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?” He would not be God, if He were not perfectly righteous. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

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Doth *God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?