Jeremiah 12:1

You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

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Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

In Context

2They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.

Job 8:17His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.

Job 13:3But I would have talk with the Ruler of all, and my desire is to have an argument with God.

Job 24:12From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

Psalms 37:1Of David. Do not be angry because of the wrongdoers, or have envy of the workers of evil.

Psalms 51:4\51:2\Let all my wrongdoing be washed away, and make me clean from evil.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 12:1

In this chapter we have, I. The prophet's humble complaint to God of the success that wicked people had in their wicked practices ( ver. 1, 2 ) and his appeal to God concerning his own integrity ( ver. 3 ), with a prayer that God would, for the sake of the public, bring the wickedness of the wicked to an end, ver. 3, 4 . II. God's rebuke to the prophet for his uneasiness at his present troubles, bidding him prepare for greater, ver. 5, 6 . III. A sad lamentation of the present deplorable state of the Israel of… Read the whole commentary →

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