then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
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then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his own head, and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
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Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
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then hear Thou in heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
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Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 25:1 If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
- Exodus 34:7 keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”
- Isaiah 3:10-11 Tell the righteous “Good!” For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.
- Ezekiel 18:13 has lent with interest, and has taken increase from the poor; shall he then live? He shall not live. He has done all these abominations. He shall surely die. His blood will be on him.
- Ezekiel 18:20 The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him.
- Romans 2:6-10 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life; but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation, oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
- Exodus 23:7 “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
- Numbers 5:27 When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away; and the woman will be a curse among her people.
- Proverbs 1:31 Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 17:15 He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 18:30 “Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity will not be your ruin.
- Romans 2:13 For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified
- Romans 7:9 I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, make it known.
That is, make it known.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do,…
1Ki 8:32 Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
Ver. 32. Condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head.] This God hath done on those who have taken false oaths of execration, as were easy to instance in the three false accusers of Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem; {a} in Earl Godwin; and in Anne Averies, who, forswearing herself, A.D. 1575, Feb. 11, at a shop of Wood Street in London, praying God she might sink where she stood if she had not paid for the wares she took, fell down presently speechless, and with horrible stink died.
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{a} Euseb.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To bring his way, i.e. the just recompence of…
To bring his way, i.e. the just recompence of his wicked action and course.
Justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness; to vindicate him, and to manifest his integrity.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then hear thou in heaven,.... When the injured person…
Then hear thou in heaven,.... When the injured person makes supplication to have justice done him:
and do, and judge thy servants; contending with one another, the one affirming, the other denying
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condemning the wicked, by bringing his way upon his head: inflicting upon him the punishment imprecated by him in his oath:
and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness; by making it appear that his cause is just.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain His way - The just recompence of his wicked…
His way - The just recompence of his wicked action. Give him, &c. - To vindicate him, and manifest his integrity.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:32. Then hear thou in heaven, and do,…
1Ki 8:32. Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge — Discover the truth, and judge between the contending parties. He prays that in difficult matters his throne of grace might be a throne of judgment, from which God would right the injured that believingly appealed to it; and punish the injurious that presumptuously appealed to it. To bring his way upon his head — The just recompense of his wicked action and course. And justifying the righteous, to give him, &c. — To vindicate him, and manifest his integrity.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Justice. A reward is clearly promised to good works.…
Justice. A reward is clearly promised to good works. (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 32. Judge thy servants — Human tribunals often clear…
32. Judge thy servants — Human tribunals often clear the guilty and condemn the righteous, but Solomon prays that in every case of oaths concerning trespass brought before that altar, the right may be vindicated.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. then hear thou in heaven] As the truth…
32. then hear thou in heaven] As the truth in such a case as is supposed can be known to God alone, He is prayed to act the part assigned to judges in the Law (cf. Deu_25:1) and to make known in His own way which persons take the oath justly, and which unjustly. The close imitation of the language of Deuteronomy deserves to be noticed.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Then hear thou in heaven Heb. and thou, thou…
Then hear thou in heaven Heb. and thou, thou wilt hear the heavens. The same expression, mvT, is found in vers. 34, 36, 39. See Ewald, 300 a. Keil sees in it the adverbial use of the accusative. Most of the versions read "from heaven," as does the Chronicles and one MS., and do i.e., act and judge thy servants, condemning Heb. to make (i.e., prove) wicked the wicked, to bring Heb. give, same word as below his way i.e., works, fruits upon his head cf. Eze_9:10 Eze_11:21; same expression and justifying Heb. to make righteous. Cf. dikaioun in N.T. and justum facere the righteous cognate words are used in both cases, to give him according to his righteousness.
The second special petition contemplates the case, which was morally certain to occur, of Hebrews taken captive in war and carried to a foreign land. To be separated from the commonwealth, the rites and the blessings of Israel, was one of the greatest calamities which could befal a Jew, (Deu_4:27, 28 Lev_26:33 Ps 137) and as such Solomon gives it a prominent place in his prayer. The connexion, how. ever which some have imagined to exist between this prayer and the preceding, viz., that that referred to internal, this to external dangers, is too artificial to have found a place in Solomon"s thoughts.
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