The
Lord our God is the Judge.
God
is a righteous judge.
Psalm
50;1
[ God
the Judge of the Righteous and the Wicked. ]
The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the
rising of the sun to its setting.
Hebrews
12;23
to
the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven,
and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the
righteous made perfect.
1
Samuel 2;10
“Those
who contend with the Lord will be shattered; Against them He will thunder in
the heavens, The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; And He
will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn of His anointed.”
1
Samuel 24;12
May
the Lord judge between you and me, and may the Lord avenge me on
you; but my hand shall not be against you.
Psalm
7;8
The
Lord judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O Lord, according to my
righteousness and my integrity that is in me.
Psalm
7;11
God
is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day.
Psalm
9;8
And
He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute
judgment for the peoples with equity.
Psalm
50;6
And
the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge.
Selah.
Psalm
51;4
Against
You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You
are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge.
Psalm
68;5
A
father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in
His holy habitation.
Ecclesiastes
3;17
I
said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous man and the
wicked man,” for a time for every matter and for every deed is there.
John
3;18
He
who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has
been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of
the only begotten Son of God.
John
8;16
But
even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am
not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.
John
12;48
He
who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him;
the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.
Romans
2;12
For
all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all
who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law.
Romans
2;16
on
the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets
of men through Christ Jesus.
Romans
2;27
And
he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge
you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a
transgressor of the Law?
Hebrews
10;30
For
we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “The Lord
will
judge his people.”
Hebrews
12;23
to
the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven,
and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the
righteous made perfect.
1
Corinthians 11;32
But
when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we
will not be condemned along with the world.
2
Timothy 4;1
I
solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is
to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His
kingdom.
Psalm
19:8-10
8
The
precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
The
commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9
The
fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments
of the Lord are true; they are righteous altogether.
10
They
are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold;
Sweeter
also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.
Micah
1;2-16
The
Judge is Coming
2
Listen,
all you nations!
Pay
attention, all inhabitants of earth!
The
sovereign Lord will testify against you;
the
Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.
3
Look,
the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place!
He
will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!
4
The
mountains will disintegrate beneath him,
and
the valleys will be split in two.
The
mountains will melt like wax in a fire,
the
rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope.
5
All
this is because of Jacob’s rebellion
and
the sins of the nation of Israel.
How
has Jacob rebelled, you ask?
Samaria
epitomizes their rebellion!
Where
are Judah’s pagan worship centers, you ask?
They
are right in Jerusalem!
6
“I
will turn Samaria into a heap of ruins in an open field—
vineyards
will be planted there!
I
will tumble the rubble of her stone walls down into the valley,
and
tear down her fortifications to their foundations.
7
All
her carved idols will be smashed to pieces;
all
her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire.
I
will make a waste heap of all her images.
Since
she gathered the metal as a prostitute collects her wages,
the
idols will become a prostitute’s wages again.”
8
For
this reason I will mourn and wail;
I
will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments.
I
will howl like a wild dog,
and
screech like an owl.
9
For
Samaria’s disease is incurable.
It
has infected Judah;
it
has spread to the leadership of my people
and
has even contaminated Jerusalem!
10
Don’t
spread the news in Gath!
Don’t
shed even a single tear!
In
Beth Leaphrah sit in the dust!
11
Residents
of Shaphir, pass by in nakedness and humiliation!
The
residents of Zaanan can’t leave their city.
Beth
Ezel mourns,
“He
takes from you what he desires.”
12
Indeed,
the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen,
though
the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.
13
Residents
of Lachish, hitch the horses to the chariots!
You
influenced Daughter Zion to sin,
for
Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back to you!
14
Therefore
you will have to say farewell to Moresheth Gath.
The
residents of Achzib will be as disappointing
as a
dried up well to the kings of Israel.
15
Residents
of Mareshah, a conqueror will attack you,
the
leaders of Israel shall flee to Adullam.
16
Shave
your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love;
shave
your foreheads as bald as an eagle,
for
they are taken from you into exile.
Micah
3
God
Will Judge Judah’s Sinful Leaders
1
I
said,
“Listen,
you leaders of Jacob,
you
rulers of the nation of Israel!
You
ought to know what is just,
2
yet
you hate what is good,
and
love what is evil.
You
flay my people’s skin
and
rip the flesh from their bones.
3
You
devour my people’s flesh,
strip
off their skin,
and
crush their bones.
You
chop them up like flesh in a pot—
like
meat in a kettle.
4
Someday
these sinners will cry to the Lord for help,
but
he will not answer them.
He
will hide his face from them at that time,
because
they have done such wicked deeds.”
5
This
is what the Lord says: “The prophets who mislead my people
are
as good as dead.
If
someone gives them enough to eat,
they
offer an oracle of peace.
But
if someone does not give them food,
they
are ready to declare war on him.
6
Therefore
night will fall, and you will receive no visions;
it
will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens.
The
sun will set on these prophets,
and
the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.
7
The
prophets will be ashamed;
the
omen readers will be humiliated.
All
of them will cover their mouths,
for
they will receive no divine oracles.”
8
But
I am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives,
and
have a strong commitment to justice.
This
enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion,
and
Israel with its sin.
9
Listen
to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob,
you
rulers of the nation of Israel!
You
hate justice
and
pervert all that is right.
10
You
build Zion through bloody crimes,
Jerusalem
through unjust violence.
11
Her
leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases,
her
priests proclaim rulings for profit,
and
her prophets read omens for pay.
Yet
they claim to trust the Lord and say,
“The
Lord is among us.
Disaster
will not overtake us!”
12
Therefore,
because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field,
Jerusalem
will become a heap of ruins,
and
the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush.
Micah
6
The
Lord Demands Justice, not Ritual
6
Listen
to what the Lord says:
“Get
up! Defend yourself before the mountains!
Present
your case before the hills!”
2
Hear
the Lord’s accusation, you mountains,
you
enduring foundations of the earth!
For
the Lord has a case against his people;
he
has a dispute with Israel!
3
“My
people, how have I wronged you?
How
have I wearied you? Answer me!
4
In
fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt,
I
delivered you from that place of slavery.
I
sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.
5
My
people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you,
how
Balaam son of Beor responded to him.
Recall
how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal,
so
you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly.”
6
With
what should I enter the Lord’s presence?
With
what should I bow before the sovereign God?
Should
I enter his presence with burnt offerings,
with
year-old calves?
7
Will
the Lord accept a thousand rams,
or
ten thousand streams of olive oil?
Should
I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion,
my
offspring—my own flesh and blood—for my sin?
8
He
has told you, O man, what is good,
and
what the Lord really wants from you:
He
wants you to promote justice, to be faithful,
and
to live obediently before your God.
9
Listen!
The Lord is calling to the city!
It
is wise to respect your authority, O Lord!
Listen,
O nation, and those assembled in the city!
10
“I
will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away,
or
the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.
11
I do
not condone the use of rigged scales,
or a
bag of deceptive weights.
12
The
city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence;
her
inhabitants lie,
their
tongues speak deceptive words.
13
I
will strike you brutally
and
destroy you because of your sin.
14
You
will eat, but not be satisfied.
Even
if you have the strength to overtake some prey,
you
will not be able to carry it away;
if
you do happen to carry away something,
I
will deliver it over to the sword.
15
You
will plant crops, but will not harvest them;
you
will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your
bodies;
you
will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink.
16
You
implement the regulations of Omri,
and
all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty;
you
follow their policies.
Therefore
I will make you an appalling sight,
the
city’s inhabitants will be taunted derisively,
and
nations will mock all of you.”
James
4;11-12
11
Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges
his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if
you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge
of it.
12
There is only
one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to
destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?
1
Peter 4;6
For
the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that
though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the
spirit according to the will of God.
James 4;11-12
11 Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.
12 There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor?
Revelation
20;12
And
I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books
were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and
the dead were judged from the things which were written in the
books, according to their deeds.
1/19/19