Surely you won't kill the innocent with the guilty. That's impossible! You can't do that. If you did, the innocent would be punished along with the guilty. That is impossible. The judge of all the earth has to act justly."

The God of Israel has spoken; the protector of Israel said to me: "The king who rules with justice, who rules in obedience to God,

But what if our doing wrong serves to show up more clearly God's doing right? Can we say that God does wrong when he punishes us? (This would be the natural question to ask.)

But what if my untruth serves God's glory by making his truth stand out more clearly? Why should I still be condemned as a sinner?

In spite of everything that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God.

Are you trying to prove that I am unjust--- to put me in the wrong and yourself in the right?

Abishai son of Zeruiah spoke up: "Shimei should be put to death because he cursed the one whom the LORD chose as king."

Shall we say, then, that God is unjust? Not at all.