To Be Just

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.

{To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.} God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

• Memory
• Anthropomorphisms
• Will

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;

He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.