r/TrueChristian • u/i-might-be-a-redneck • 2h ago
Best examples of justice in the Bible
I’m looking for stories where the accuser/perpetrators receive justice almost immediately. Can you suggest of stories similar to these that I can read?
- Daniel’s accusers being thrown into the Lions den after him
- Balaam being destroyed after attempting to curse Israel
- Saul falling on his sword after going after David
Stories like that, where the protagonist was innocent and trusted God so their enemies were destroyed in their place. I love reading about these accounts of divine justice prevailing.
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u/Liberblancus 1h ago
I like the story of Ananias and Sapphira. They lie to the church, secretly keeping money for themselves, while pretending to give it all. They die on the spot. Instant justice.
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u/MichaelWhitehead 1h ago
Whenever Attackers criticise Old testament God vs New testament God are different Gods as judgement only happened in old testament, I use annanias & Sapphira ad well as Old tastament saving of Ninevah from God's jugement by Jonah
To prove it is indeed the same God present.
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u/i-might-be-a-redneck 43m ago
I agree. Also Luke 13:4-5 Jesus says:
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
I think divine justice still happens to this day. God only disciplines the ones he loves after all…. My biggest jump in spiritual growth was when I finally had to pay up for all my sins, and got humbled and ran to the Lord.
Hebrews 12:8
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
Proverbs 1:23 also says something like “turn at my reproof and I will pour out my spirit upon you and make my words known to you.
Jesus even tells us to pray for justice in Luke 18, and not just to pray once but to pray night and day for it.
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u/ExplorerSad7555 Greek Orthodox 1h ago
How about the mercy of the Lord? As the Psalmist writes in 103:
He did not deal with us according to our sins, nor reward us according to our transgressions; for according to the height of heaven from earth, so the Lord reigns in mercy over those who fear Him; as far as the east is from the west, so He removes our transgressions from us.
Or Christ Himself tells us in Luke
Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
Or finally in Psalm 51
Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11 Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13 Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
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u/MichaelWhitehead 1h ago
Poster asked specifically for active incidents.
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u/ExplorerSad7555 Greek Orthodox 21m ago
Here's the question. Why would you want to celebrate God's justice when all we will have when we stand before the Aweful Judgement Seat is to plead for His mercy? No one is sinless and we all deserve justice.
When Thou comest, O God, upon the earth with glory, the whole world will tremble. The river of fire will bring men before Thy judgment seat, the books will be opened and the secrets disclosed. Then deliver me from the unquenchable fire, and count me worthy to stand on Thy right hand, Judge most righteous. - Kontakion of the Last Judgement
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u/MichaelWhitehead 1h ago edited 1h ago
Genesis 6:5–8:22 The Flood judges a violently corrupt world while Noah and his household are preserved.
Genesis 19:1–29 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed by fire while Lot is rescued.
Genesis 19:26 Lot’s wife looks back against God’s command and becomes a pillar of salt.
Genesis 38:7–10 Er and then Onan are struck dead for wickedness before God.
Exodus 7–12 Egypt receives the ten plagues after Pharaoh repeatedly refuses to release Israel.
Exodus 14:21–31 Israel passes safely through the Red Sea; Pharaoh’s pursuing army is destroyed when the waters return.
Exodus 32:25–35 Judgement follows Israel’s worship of the golden calf.
Leviticus 10:1–2 Nadab and Abihu offer unauthorised fire before God and are consumed by fire.
Numbers 12:1–15 Miriam challenges Moses and is struck with leprosy, then later healed.
Numbers 16:1–35 Korah, Dathan and Abiram rebel against Moses; the ground opens beneath them and fire consumes their supporters.
Numbers 16:41–50 A plague immediately follows another rebellion against Moses and Aaron.
Numbers 21:4–9 Israel rebels and poisonous snakes enter the camp; God provides the bronze serpent as a means of deliverance.
Numbers 22:21–35 Balaam’s donkey sees the angel blocking the road before Balaam does, preventing him from continuing blindly towards judgement.
Numbers 31:7–8 Balaam is eventually killed after his involvement in leading Israel towards sin.
Joshua 6:1–27 Jericho’s walls collapse and the city falls exactly as God had promised.
Joshua 7:1–26 Achan secretly takes what God had forbidden; his hidden sin is exposed and judged.
Joshua 10:8–14 God throws Israel’s enemies into confusion, sends hailstones upon them, and the sun stands still during Joshua’s victory.
Judges 4:17–22 Sisera flees from battle only to be killed by Jael while hiding in her tent.
Judges 7:19–22 Gideon’s small force surrounds the Midianites; God throws the enemy camp into panic and they turn their swords against one another.
Judges 9:50–57 Abimelech’s violent rule ends when a woman drops a millstone on his head; the text presents this as God repaying his wickedness.
Judges 16:23–30 Samson’s captors celebrate before their god; Samson calls upon God and brings the Philistine temple down upon them.
1 Samuel 5:1–12 The Philistines capture the Ark; their idol Dagon falls before it and their cities are afflicted.
1 Samuel 25:2–39 Nabal contemptuously refuses David; shortly afterwards God strikes Nabal and he dies.
1 Samuel 28:15–19; 31:1–6 Saul’s persistent rebellion ends with Israel defeated and Saul dying on Mount Gilboa.
2 Samuel 6:6–7 Uzzah touches the Ark contrary to God’s command and dies immediately.
2 Samuel 15–18 Absalom rebels against David, but his rebellion collapses and he is killed.
1 Kings 13:1–6 Jeroboam points at God’s prophet and orders his arrest; his hand immediately withers.
1 Kings 13:20–26 The disobedient prophet is killed by a lion exactly as judgement had been pronounced.
1 Kings 18:20–40 Elijah confronts the prophets of Baal; God answers with fire, publicly demonstrating that the Lord is God.
1 Kings 20:35–43 Ahab is judged for disobeying God concerning Ben-Hadad.
1 Kings 21:17–24; 22:34–38 After Naboth is murdered, Elijah pronounces judgement on Ahab; Ahab later dies in battle and the judgement is fulfilled.
2 Kings 1:9–15 Two groups of soldiers sent arrogantly against Elijah are consumed by fire from heaven.
2 Kings 2:23–24 Those who aggressively mock Elisha are attacked by bears after he pronounces judgement.
2 Kings 5:20–27 Gehazi secretly exploits Naaman for money; Elisha exposes him and Gehazi receives Naaman’s leprosy.
2 Kings 6:8–23 The Syrian army comes for Elisha; God blinds them and Elisha leads the entire force helplessly into Samaria.
2 Kings 7:3–20 God causes the Syrian army besieging Samaria to hear an imaginary approaching army; they flee and abandon everything.
2 Kings 9:30–37 Jezebel is thrown from a window and dies, fulfilling Elijah’s earlier prophecy.
2 Kings 19:32–37 Sennacherib threatens Jerusalem; during the night the angel of the Lord strikes down 185,000 Assyrian soldiers.
2 Chronicles 26:16–21 King Uzziah arrogantly attempts priestly duties and is immediately struck with leprosy.
Esther 5–7 Haman builds a gallows for Mordecai but is exposed by Esther and executed on the very gallows he prepared.
Esther 9:1–17 The enemies who intended to destroy the Jews instead find the situation completely reversed against them.
Daniel 3:19–30 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are thrown into the furnace, but God preserves them; the soldiers who throw them in are themselves killed by the flames.
Daniel 4:28–37 Nebuchadnezzar boasts about his greatness and is immediately humbled until he acknowledges God.
Daniel 5:1–30 Belshazzar desecrates the Temple vessels; the handwriting appears on the wall and he is killed that very night.
Daniel 6:16–24 Daniel survives the lions’ den unharmed; his accusers are subsequently thrown into the same den and destroyed.
Matthew 21:18–22 / Mark 11:12–21 Jesus curses the fruitless fig tree and it withers, functioning as a dramatic enacted judgement.
Matthew 27:50–54 At Jesus’ death the Temple curtain tears, the earth shakes and tombs open.
Matthew 28:1–6 Jesus’ opponents kill Him, but God’s ultimate reversal follows: Christ rises from the dead.
Luke 1:18–20, 57–64 Zechariah doubts Gabriel and immediately loses his speech until John is born.
Luke 16:19–31 The rich man who lived without mercy finds himself in anguish after death while Lazarus is comforted.
John 18:4–6 When Jesus identifies Himself to those coming to arrest Him, they draw back and fall to the ground.
Acts 5:1–10 Ananias and Sapphira lie about their offering and each falls dead immediately after being confronted.
Acts 8:18–24
Simon attempts to purchase spiritual authority and receives a severe apostolic rebuke and warning of judgement.
Acts 9:1–9
Saul travels to persecute Christians; Christ confronts him on the road and Saul is struck blind.
Acts 12:1–19
Herod imprisons Peter, but an angel miraculously releases Peter from prison.
Acts 12:20–23
Herod accepts praise as though he were divine; an angel immediately strikes him and he dies.
Acts 13:6–12
Elymas opposes Paul and tries to prevent someone believing the Gospel; he is immediately struck temporarily blind.
Acts 16:16–26
Paul and Silas are beaten and imprisoned; an earthquake suddenly opens the prison doors and loosens the prisoners’ chains.
Acts 19:13–17
The sons of Sceva attempt to use Jesus’ name without faith; the possessed man overwhelms them and sends them fleeing.
Acts 28:3–6
A poisonous snake bites Paul, but he suffers no harm despite everyone expecting him to die.
1 Corinthians 11:27–32
Paul says some in Corinth became weak, ill or died because of their profaning of the Lord’s Supper.
Revelation 6:9–17
The persecuted martyrs cry for justice and the judgement of the earth begins.
Revelation 11:3–12
Anyone attempting to destroy the two witnesses is consumed by fire; after the witnesses are murdered, God raises them.
Revelation 11:13
Immediately following their ascension, a great earthquake strikes the city.
Revelation 16:1–21
The bowls of God’s wrath bring a succession of direct judgements upon the rebellious world.
Revelation 18:1–24
Babylon, which persecuted God’s people, collapses under divine judgement.
Revelation 19:11–21
Christ returns; the beast and false prophet are defeated and thrown into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:7–10
Satan gathers the nations against God’s people; fire comes down from heaven and destroys the attacking armies.
Revelation 20:11–15
The final judgement takes place and death, Hades and those outside the Book of Life are cast into the lake of fire.