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The moral righteousness of God is revealed in his laws and expressed in his judicial acts. God’s commands and judgments meet perfect standards of justice, and his apportioning of punishments and rewards is also perfectly just. God’s justice is impartial. Special praise is his for vindicating the penitent and the needy who have no human champions. Ultimately, all God’s ways will be seen as just and equitable.

God’s justice declared

God the Father Ps 92:15; 1Pe 1:17 See also Ge 18:25; Job 36:3; Ps 11:7; Ps 25:8; Ps 33:5; Ps 51:4; Isa 61:8; Jer 9:24; Zep 3:5; Rev 15:3

God the Son 1Jn 2:1 See also Ps 45:6; Heb 1:8-9; Ps 72:1-4 The righteousness of the coming Messiah: Isa 9:7; Isa 11:3-5; Isa 42:1,3; Mal 3:1-3
Ac 3:14; 1Co 1:30; Rev 19:11

God the Spirit Jn 16:8-11 See also Ac 5:3,9; Eph 4:1,28,30

God’s justice described

As impartial 1Pe 1:17 See also Dt 10:17; 2Ch 19:7; Job 34:19; Da 5:27; Ac 10:34; Ro 2:5,11; Gal 2:6; Eph 6:9; Col 3:25

As inescapable Ro 2:3 See also Ps 68:21-23; Jer 11:11; Jer 16:16-18; Jer 51:53; La 2:22; Am 9:1-4; Ob 4; Heb 2:2-3

As infallible Heb 4:13 See also 1Sa 2:3; 1Ch 28:9; Pr 16:2; Pr 21:2; Pr 24:12; Lk 16:15; Ro 2:2,16

God’s justice desired

By the oppressed Ps 9:19 See also Jdg 3:9; Ps 7:6; Ps 10:12-14

By those who are misrepresented Ps 26:1 See also 1Sa 24:15; Ps 35:23-24

God’s justice doubted

Mal 2:17 See also Job 6:29; Job 27:2; Job 34:5; Ps 73:2-14; Ecc 8:11,14; Isa 40:27; Ro 9:14,19-20

God’s justice demonstrated

In his demands for social justice Mic 6:8 See also Dt 16:18,20; Isa 1:16-17; Am 5:21-24; Mal 3:5; Mt 23:23; Lk 20:46-47

In his defence of the oppressed Ps 103:6 See also Ps 72:2; Ps 140:12; Pr 22:22-23; Isa 11:4; Eze 34:16; Lk 18:7-8

In his vindication of the righteous Ro 8:33 See also Ps 17:1-2; Ps 24:5; Isa 50:8-9; Isa 54:17; Isa 61:8

In the cross Ro 3:25-26 See also 2Co 5:21; Gal 3:13

In the resurrection Ac 17:31

On the day of judgment Ro 2:5 See also Ps 9:8; Ac 17:31; Rev 16:5,7; Rev 19:2

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