Matthew 20:13

“He replied to one of them, ‘Friend, I’m doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me on a denarius?

Matthew 22:12

So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.

Matthew 26:50

“Friend,” Jesus asked him, “why have you come?”

Then they came up, took hold of Jesus, and arrested Him.

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?”

Job 34:8-12

He keeps company with evildoers
and walks with wicked men.

Job 34:17-18

Could one who hates justice govern the world?
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,

Job 35:2

Do you think it is just when you say,
“I am righteous before God”?

Job 40:8

Would you really challenge My justice?
Would you declare Me guilty to justify yourself?

Romans 9:14-15

What should we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not!

Romans 9:20

But who are you, a mere man, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Matthew 20:13

But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

Friend

Matthew 22:12

Matthew 26:50

I do

Romans 9:14

General references

Luke 15:31

Bible References

Friend

So he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ The man was speechless.

“Friend,”

Jesus asked him, “why have you come?”

Then they came up, took hold of Jesus, and arrested Him.