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2 Chronicles 6:23

WEB

23then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.

KJV

23Then hear[+] thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

BSB

23then 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.

FBV

23listen from heaven, act and judge your servants. Pay back the guilty; vindicate and reward those who do right.


Extra References

Proverbs 17:15

15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.


Romans 2:9-10

9oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

10But glory, honor, and peace go to every man who does good, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.


Jeremiah 51:56

56For the destroyer has come on her, even on Babylon. Her mighty men are taken. Their bows are broken in pieces, for the LORD is a God of retribution. He will surely repay.


Isaiah 3:10-11

10Tell the righteous that it will be well with them, for they will eat the fruit of their deeds. 11Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them, for the deeds of their hands will be paid back to them.


Ezekiel 18:20

20The 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.


Numbers 5:27

27When 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.


Deuteronomy 25:1

1If 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.


Psalms 10:14

14But you do see trouble and grief. You consider it to take it into your hand. You help the victim and the fatherless.


2 Kings 9:26

26Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons,’ says the LORD; ‘and I will repay you in this plot of ground,’ says the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him onto the plot of ground, according to the LORD’s word.”


Jeremiah 28:16-17

16Therefore the LORD says, ‘Behold, I will send you away from off the surface of the earth. This year you will die, because you have spoken rebellion against the LORD.’”

17So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month.