Jeremiah 12:1
[Too] righteous art thou, O Lord, that I could plead with thee; yet must I speak of [the principles of] justice with thee: Wherefore is the way of the wicked happy? do all those prosper that deal treacherously?
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Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock, his work is perfect; for all his ways are just: the God of truth and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
Job 8:17His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.
Job 13:3However, I would gladly speak to the Almighty; and to argue with God do I desire.
Job 24:12Out of a populous city is groaning heard, and the soul of the deadly wounded crieth out: yet God regardeth it not as an offence.
Psalms 37:1“Of David.” Do not fret thyself because of the evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
Psalms 51:4(51:6) To thee, thee only, have I sinned, and what is evil in thy eyes have I done:—in order that thou mightest be righteous when thou speakest, be justified when thou judgest.
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 →