Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah's Complaint

¹ You will be righteous, Lord,
even if I bring a case against You.
Yet, I wish to contend with You:
Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
² You planted them, and they have taken root.
They have grown and produced fruit.
You are ever on their lips,
but far from their conscience.

Deal Treacherously

Plead My Case

Way of the Wicked

Deal Treacherously

Jehovah

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.

Psalm 51:4

Against You—You alone—I have sinned
and done this evil in Your sight.
So You are right when You pass sentence;
You are blameless when You judge.

Malachi 3:15

So now we consider the arrogant to be fortunate. Not only do those who commit wickedness prosper, they even test God and escape.”

Ezra 9:15

Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we survive as a remnant today. Here we are before You with our guilt, though no one can stand in Your presence because of this.

Job 13:3

Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty
and argue my case before God.

Job 21:7-15

Why do the wicked continue to live,
growing old and becoming powerful?

Psalm 37:1

Davidic.Do not be agitated by evildoers;
do not envy those who do wrong.

Psalm 92:7

though the wicked sprout like grass
and all evildoers flourish,
they will be eternally destroyed.

Jeremiah 5:11

They, the house of Israel and the house of Judah,
have dealt very treacherously with Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Jeremiah 11:20

But, Lord of Hosts, who judges righteously,
who tests heart and mind,
let me see Your vengeance on them,
for I have presented my case to You.

Daniel 9:7

Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel—those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where You have dispersed them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward You.

Habakkuk 1:4

This is why the law is ineffective
and justice never emerges.
For the wicked restrict the righteous;
therefore, justice comes out perverted.

Genesis 18:25

You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. You could not possibly do that! Won’t the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock—His work is perfect;
all His ways are entirely just.
A faithful God, without prejudice,
He is righteous and true.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen a wicked, violent man
well-rooted like a flourishing native tree.

Psalm 73:3-28

For I envied the arrogant;
I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 94:3-4

Lord, how long will the wicked—
how long will the wicked gloat?

Psalm 119:75

I know, Lord, that Your judgments are just
and that You have afflicted me fairly.

Psalm 119:137

צ TsadeYou are righteous, Lord,
and Your judgments are just.

Psalm 145:17

The Lord is righteous in all His ways
and gracious in all His acts.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the inexperienced will kill them,
and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Isaiah 41:21

“Submit your case,” says the Lord.
“Present your arguments,” says Jacob’s King.

Isaiah 48:8

You have never heard; you have never known;
For a long time your ears have not been open.
For I knew that you were very treacherous,
and were known as a rebel from birth.

Jeremiah 5:27-28

Like a cage full of birds,
so their houses are full of deceit.
Therefore they have grown powerful and rich.

Jeremiah 12:6

Even your brothers—your own father’s household—
even they were treacherous to you;
even they have cried out loudly after you.
Do not have confidence in them,
though they speak well of you.

Hosea 6:7

But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant;
there they have betrayed Me.

Habakkuk 1:13-17

Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,
and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do You tolerate those who are treacherous?
Why are You silent
while one who is wicked swallows up
one who is more righteous than himself?

Zephaniah 3:5

The righteous Lord is in her;
He does no wrong.
He applies His justice morning by morning;
He does not fail at dawn,
yet the one who does wrong knows no shame.

Romans 3:5-6

But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I use a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?