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The moral righteousness of God is revealed in his laws and expressed in his judicial acts. God's commands and judgments meet perfect standards of justice, and his apportioning of punishments and rewards is also perfectly just. God's justice is impartial. Special praise is his for vindicating the penitent and the needy who have no human champions. Ultimately, all God's ways will be seen as just and equitable.

God's justice declared

God the Father

Psalm 92:15; 1 Peter 1:17 See also Genesis 18:25; Job 36:3; Psalm 11:7; Psalm 25:8; Psalm 33:5; Psalm 51:4; Isaiah 61:8; Jeremiah 9:24; Zephaniah 3:5; Revelation 15:3

God the Son

1 John 2:1 See also Psalm 45:6; Hebrews 1:8-9; Psalm 72:1-4

The righteousness of the coming Messiah:

Isaiah 9:7; Isaiah 11:3-5; Isaiah 42:1,3; Malachi 3:1-3 Acts 3:14; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Revelation 19:11

God the Spirit

John 16:8-11 See also Acts 5:3,9; Ephesians 4:1,28,30

God's justice described

As impartial

1 Peter 1:17 See also Deuteronomy 10:17; 2 Chronicles 19:7; Job 34:19; Daniel 5:27; Acts 10:34; Romans 2:5,11; Galatians 2:6; Ephesians 6:9; Colossians 3:25

As inescapable

Romans 2:3 See also Psalm 68:21-23; Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 16:16-18; Jeremiah 51:53; Lamentations 2:22; Amos 9:1-4; Ob 4; Hebrews 2:2-3

As infallible

Hebrews 4:13 See also 1 Samuel 2:3; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Proverbs 16:2; Proverbs 21:2; Proverbs 24:12; Luke 16:15; Romans 2:2,16

God's justice desired

By the oppressed

Psalm 9:19 See also Judges 3:9; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 10:12-14

By those who are misrepresented

Psalm 26:1 See also 1 Samuel 24:15; Psalm 35:23-24

God's justice doubted

Malachi 2:17 See also Job 6:29; Job 27:2; Job 34:5; Psalm 73:2-14; Ecclesiastes 8:11,14; Isaiah 40:27; Romans 9:14,19-20

God's justice demonstrated

In his demands for social justice

Micah 6:8 See also Deuteronomy 16:18,20; Isaiah 1:16-17; Amos 5:21-24; Malachi 3:5; Matthew 23:23; Luke 20:46-47

In his defence of the oppressed

Psalm 103:6 See also Psalm 72:2; Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 22:22-23; Isaiah 11:4; Ezekiel 34:16; Luke 18:7-8

In his vindication of the righteous

Romans 8:33 See also Psalm 17:1-2; Psalm 24:5; Isaiah 50:8-9; Isaiah 54:17; Isaiah 61:8

In the cross

Romans 3:25-26 See also 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13

In the resurrection

Acts 17:31

On the day of judgment

Romans 2:5 See also Psalm 9:8; Acts 17:31; Revelation 16:5,7; Revelation 19:2

See also

1075  God, justice of
1310  God as judge
2042  Christ, justice of
2309  Christ as judge
2410  cross, the
6614  atonement
6674  imputation
6712  propitiation
8721  doubt
9210  judgment, God's
9230  judgment seat
9240  last judgment