Job 31:28
this would also be an iniquity to be judged, for I would have denied God on high.
BSB
ASV
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judges; For I should have denied the God that is above.
KJV
This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.
Which is the chiefest iniquity, and denial against the Most High God. For it is clear that he does deny Him, when setting at nought His grace, he claims to himself the powers of good practice. Which too is rightly called as well 'the chiefest iniquity' because every act of sin which is from infirmity destroyeth not hope, seeing that it asks forgiveness from the Judge Above. But presuming on our own goodness is so much the worse in desperateness, the further it is removed from humility.
If I saw the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath secretly rejoiced, and I have kissed my hand with my mouth; which is an exceeding iniquity, and denial against the Most High God. There is no doubt that both these two luminaries, which are commissioned to ministrations for man, are called 'the hosts of heaven.' Into the worshipping whereof we know that numbers have fallen, as Scripture is witness; as where it is written, And worshipped all the host of heaven.
For I should have denied the God that is above - Had I paid Divine adoration to them, I should have thereby denied the God that made them.
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Psalms 50:6And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah
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The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
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Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the…
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Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
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Job 31:11For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.
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If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.