2 Chronicles 6:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

From heaven

2 Chronicles 6:21

Requiting

Justifying

Romans 2:10

Bible References

From heaven

Listen to the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; hear and forgive.

Requiting

When he has made her drink the water, then it shall come about, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings a curse will go into her and cause bitterness, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will waste away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

‘Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,’ says the Lord, ‘and I will repay you in this property,’ says the Lord. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the Lord.”

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand.
The

unfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

“So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way
And be satiated with their own devices.

Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him,
For

what he deserves will be done to him.

Therefore thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die, because you have

counseled rebellion against the Lord.’”

For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon,
And her mighty men will be captured,
Their bows are shattered;
For the Lord is a God of recompense,
He will fully repay.

There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek,

Justifying

“If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to the Lord.

Say to the righteous that it will go well with them,
For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.