Jeremiah 12:1

You [will be] in the right, Yahweh, when I complain to you. Even so, let me speak [my] claims with you. Why does [the] way of [the] wicked succeed? All those who deal treacherously with treachery are at ease.

Job 12:6

[The] tents of [the] destroyers are at peace, and [there is] security for those who provoke God, [for those] whom God brings into his hand.

Psalm 51:4

Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge.

Malachi 3:15

And now we [are] calling [the] arrogant blessed! Not only do those who do wickedness prosper; they also test God and they escape!'"

Ezra 9:15

Yahweh, God of Israel, you are righteous, for we have been left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."

Job 13:3

But I would speak to Shaddai, and I desire to argue with God.

Job 21:7-15

"Why do [the] wicked live, grow old, even grow mighty [in] power?

Psalm 37:1

Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.

Psalm 92:7

When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.

Jeremiah 5:11

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt utterly treacherously with me," {declares} Yahweh.

Jeremiah 11:20

But Yahweh of hosts, who judges [in] righteousness, who tests [the] {inmost being}, and [the] {mind}, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have revealed my legal case.

Daniel 9:7

"{Righteousness belongs to you, O Lord}, and on us [is] open shame, [just] as [it is] this day to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to all Israel, {those who are near and those who are far off} in all the lands [to] which you have driven them, because of their infidelity which they displayed against you.

Habakkuk 1:4

Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice does not go forth perpetually. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.

Genesis 18:25

Far be it from you to do such a thing as this, to kill [the] righteous with [the] wicked, that the righteous would be as the wicked! Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do justice?"

Deuteronomy 32:4

The Rock, his work [is] perfect, for all his ways [are] just; [he is] a faithful God, and {without injustice}; righteous and upright [is] he.

Psalm 37:35

I have seen [the] wicked acting violently and spreading himself out like a luxuriant native tree.

Psalm 73:3-28

because I envied the boastful [when] I saw [the] well-being of [the] wicked.

Psalm 94:3-4

How long [will the] wicked, O Yahweh, how long will [the] wicked exult?

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments [are] right, and [that] in faithfulness you afflicted me.

Psalm 119:137

You [are] righteous, O Yahweh, and your ordinances [are] upright.

Psalm 145:17

Yahweh [is] righteous in all his ways, and loyal in all his works.

Proverbs 1:32

for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Isaiah 41:21

"Present your legal case," says Yahweh. "Bring your evidence," says the king of Jacob.

Isaiah 48:8

Neither have you heard, nor have you known, nor from {of old} has your ear been opened. For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously, and you [are] called a rebel from [the] womb.

Jeremiah 5:27-28

Like a cage full of birds, so their houses [are] full of fraud. {Therefore} they have become great, and they have become rich.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even your relatives, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you, even they call {loudly} after you. You must not trust in them, though they speak kindly to you.

Hosea 6:7

But like Adam, they transgressed [the] covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.

Habakkuk 1:13-17

Your eyes [are] too pure to see evil, and you are not able to look at wrongdoing. Why do you look at the treacherous? [Why] are you silent when the wicked swallows up [someone] more righteous than him?

Zephaniah 3:5

Yahweh [is] righteous in her midst; he does not do wickedness. {Morning by morning} he renders his judgment; at dawn he does not fail, but an evil one knows no shame.

Romans 3:5-6

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God, who inflicts wrath, [is] not unjust, [is he]? (I am speaking according to a human perspective.)

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 Yahweh of hosts, who judges [in] righteousness, who tests [the] {inmost being}, and [the] {mind}, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have revealed my legal case.
Genesis 18:25
Far be it from you to do such a thing as this, to kill [the] righteous with [the] wicked, that the righteous would be as the wicked! Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do justice?"
Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, his work [is] perfect, for all his ways [are] just; [he is] a faithful God, and {without injustice}; righteous and upright [is] he.
Psalm 51:4
Against you, only you, I have sinned and have done this evil in your eyes, so that you are correct when you speak, you are blameless when you judge.
Psalm 119:75
I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments [are] right, and [that] in faithfulness you afflicted me.
Psalm 145:17
Yahweh [is] righteous in all his ways, and loyal in all his works.
Daniel 9:7
"{Righteousness belongs to you, O Lord}, and on us [is] open shame, [just] as [it is] this day to the people of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to all Israel, {those who are near and those who are far off} in all the lands [to] which you have driven them, because of their infidelity which they displayed against you.
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes [are] too pure to see evil, and you are not able to look at wrongdoing. Why do you look at the treacherous? [Why] are you silent when the wicked swallows up [someone] more righteous than him?
Zephaniah 3:5
Yahweh [is] righteous in her midst; he does not do wickedness. {Morning by morning} he renders his judgment; at dawn he does not fail, but an evil one knows no shame.
Romans 3:5
But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? God, who inflicts wrath, [is] not unjust, [is he]? (I am speaking according to a human perspective.)

Talk

Job 13:3
But I would speak to Shaddai, and I desire to argue with God.
Isaiah 41:21
"Present your legal case," says Yahweh. "Bring your evidence," says the king of Jacob.

Wherefore doth

Jeremiah 5:28
They have grown fat, they have grown sleek, also, {their evil deeds have no limit}. They do not judge [with] justice, [the] legal cause of [the] orphan, or allow it to succeed, and [the] legal case of [the] poor, they do not defend.
Job 12:6
[The] tents of [the] destroyers are at peace, and [there is] security for those who provoke God, [for those] whom God brings into his hand.
Job 21:7
"Why do [the] wicked live, grow old, even grow mighty [in] power?
Psalm 37:1
Do not fret because of evildoers; do not be envious of doers of wickedness.
Psalm 73:3
because I envied the boastful [when] I saw [the] well-being of [the] wicked.
Psalm 92:7
When the wicked flourish like grass and all [the] workers of evil blossom, [it is] so they can be destroyed forever.
Psalm 94:3
How long [will the] wicked, O Yahweh, how long will [the] wicked exult?
Proverbs 1:32
for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Habakkuk 1:4
Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice does not go forth perpetually. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.
Malachi 3:15
And now we [are] calling [the] arrogant blessed! Not only do those who do wickedness prosper; they also test God and they escape!'"

Deal

Jeremiah 12:6
For even your relatives, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you, even they call {loudly} after you. You must not trust in them, though they speak kindly to you.
Jeremiah 5:11
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt utterly treacherously with me," {declares} Yahweh.
Isaiah 48:8
Neither have you heard, nor have you known, nor from {of old} has your ear been opened. For I knew you would deal treacherously, very treacherously, and you [are] called a rebel from [the] womb.
Hosea 6:7
But like Adam, they transgressed [the] covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.

General references

Psalm 119:137
You [are] righteous, O Yahweh, and your ordinances [are] upright.