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1 Kings 8:32
1 Kings 8:32 is verse 32 of 1 Kings chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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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1 Kings 8:30–34 · Berean Standard Bible
30 Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
31 When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
32 then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
33 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple,
34 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 34:7maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
Numbers 5:27When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.
Deuteronomy 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Ezekiel 18:13He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
Romans 2:6God “will repay each one according to his deeds.”
Romans 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
Romans 2:9There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
Romans 2:10but glory, honor, and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jew, then for the Greek.
Exodus 23:7Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
Ezekiel 18:20The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
Romans 2:13For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.
Romans 7:9Once I was alive apart from the law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.