Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.

Psalm 51:4

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: that you might be justified when you speak, and be blameless when you judge.

Malachi 3:15

And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are raised up; yea, they that test God are even delivered.

Ezra 9:15

O LORD God of Israel, you are righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before you because of this.

Job 13:3

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Job 21:7-15

Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Psalm 37:1

[A Psalm of David.] Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious of the workers of iniquity.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever:

Jeremiah 5:11

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 11:20

But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I revealed my cause.

Daniel 9:7

O Lord, righteousness belongs unto you, but unto us shame of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is slacked, and justice does never go forth: for the wicked does surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.

Genesis 18:25

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

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are justice: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Psalm 73:3-28

For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Psalm 94:3-4

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

Psalm 119:75

I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.

Psalm 119:137

[Tsadde] Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.

Psalm 145:17

The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

Proverbs 1:32

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Isaiah 41:21

Produce your case, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.

Isaiah 48:8

Yea, you heard not; yea, you knew not; yea, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.

Jeremiah 5:27-28

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they have become great, and grown rich.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your brethren, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yea, they have called a multitude after you: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto you.

Hosea 6:7

But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

Habakkuk 1:13-17

You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look on iniquity: why do you look upon them that deal treacherously, and hold your tongue when the wicked devours the man that is more righteous than he?

Zephaniah 3:5

The just LORD is in her midst; he will do no wrong: every morning does he bring his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust knows no shame.

Romans 3:5-6

But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who takes vengeance? (I speak as a man)

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

General references

Bible References

Righteous

Jeremiah 11:20
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, who tests the mind and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for unto you have I revealed my cause.
Genesis 18:25
That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from you: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are justice: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Psalm 51:4
Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: that you might be justified when you speak, and be blameless when you judge.
Psalm 119:75
I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
Psalm 145:17
The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.
Daniel 9:7
O Lord, righteousness belongs unto you, but unto us shame of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you.
Habakkuk 1:13
You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look on iniquity: why do you look upon them that deal treacherously, and hold your tongue when the wicked devours the man that is more righteous than he?
Zephaniah 3:5
The just LORD is in her midst; he will do no wrong: every morning does he bring his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust knows no shame.
Romans 3:5
But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who takes vengeance? (I speak as a man)

Talk

Job 13:3
Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
Isaiah 41:21
Produce your case, says the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, says the King of Jacob.

Wherefore doth

Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat, they shine: yea, they pass over the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not defend.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.
Job 21:7
Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Psalm 37:1
[A Psalm of David.] Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious of the workers of iniquity.
Psalm 73:3
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed forever:
Psalm 94:3
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
Proverbs 1:32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is slacked, and justice does never go forth: for the wicked does surround the righteous; therefore perverse judgment proceeds.
Malachi 3:15
And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are raised up; yea, they that test God are even delivered.

Deal

Jeremiah 12:6
For even your brethren, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yea, they have called a multitude after you: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto you.
Jeremiah 5:11
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, says the LORD.
Isaiah 48:8
Yea, you heard not; yea, you knew not; yea, from of old your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
Hosea 6:7
But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

General references

Psalm 119:137
[Tsadde] Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.