Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.

Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

Thinkest thou this to be right, {that} thou saidst, My righteousness {is} more than God's?

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: {When...: Heb. A land when I bring a sword upon her}

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.

And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in {his} goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

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

Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

Who {is} wise, and he shall understand these {things}? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD {are} right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.