Bible Verses About Crime, Punishment, And Christian Justice

Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Righteous and wicked recompensed on earth

For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Direct biblical claim that every deed is judged.

According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

Repayment according to deeds matches the section theme.

Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Who will render to every man according to his deeds:

Clear biblical statement of judgment by deeds.

Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert.

Repay according to work and evil of deeds.

The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

Repayment according to deeds and ways.

Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

Woe to wicked, reward of his hands

For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.

Judgment according to work and ways.

The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

Wicked and righteous receive reward

Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.

Double repayment according to works

For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

Calls the crime punishable by judges.

But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;

Links divine judgment to wrath against hard-heartedness.

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Righteous who turn to injustice die for it

Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

Warned sinner dies and blood required

When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

Turned righteousness leads to death

When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

States God's judgment is according to truth against wrongdoing.

That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

God does right as judge of earth

The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.

Wicked a ransom for righteous

And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

Judgment of God against same-doers

And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.

Lists actual crimes as the proper reason for suffering.

It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

Justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to evildoers.

Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;

Tribulation on every soul that does evil

And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

Due reward of deeds

For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

Bible passage about suffering when doing wrong versus doing good.

And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

Supports the theme that condemnation is just when evil is done.

Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Knowledge of sin through law

And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there.

Place of judgment with wickedness

Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Evil person will not go unpunished

Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

Says God repays affliction with affliction justly.

And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Everlasting punishment for the wicked

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Condemning the guilty and protecting the innocent.