Ezekiel 18:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Way

My

Romans 2:5

Are

Psalm 50:21

Jeremiah 2:17

Jeremiah 16:10

General references

Ezekiel 18:29

Ezekiel 33:17

Bible References

Way

If even now the house of Israel should say, The way of the Lord is not straight. O house of Israel, are not my ways straight? Certainly your ways are not straight.

Then the sons of thy people shall say, The way of the Lord is not straight: but their way is the one that is not straight.

Then the wrath of Elihu, the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram, was kindled; against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.

For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my right.

Dost thou think this to be right, when thou didst say, I am more righteous than God?

Wilt thou disannul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou may be justified?

Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask of thee, and thou shalt cause me to know.

Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, In what have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that does evil pleases the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

Your words have prevailed against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken against thee?

And when they had received it, they murmured against the husband of the house,

And if our iniquity commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Shall for this reason God be unjust who sends punishment? (I speak as a man.)

Rather, O man, who art thou to reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?

For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

My

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous should be treated as the wicked that are far from thee. Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

The strong One, whose work is perfect: for all his ways are right; a God of truth and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

And the heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is the judge. Selah.

Tzaddi The LORD is righteous in all his ways and merciful in all his works.

Righteous art thou, O LORD, even though I dispute with thee: even so, I will speak judgments with thee; Why does the way of the wicked prosper? All those that completely rebel against thee have peace.

The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: each morning he shall bring his judgment to light; he never fails; but the unjust know no shame.

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasures up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,

Are

These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou didst think that I was altogether such a one as thyself, but I will reprove thee and set them in order before thine eyes.

Could this not have come upon you peradventure because thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?

And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt show this people all these things, they shall say unto thee, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin which we have committed against the LORD our God?

General references

If even now the house of Israel should say, The way of the Lord is not straight. O house of Israel, are not my ways straight? Certainly your ways are not straight.

Then the sons of thy people shall say, The way of the Lord is not straight: but their way is the one that is not straight.