20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Ps 51:4 · paraphrase
  "Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest."
  Psalm 51: that you may be justified in your words — Paul on God's faithfulness

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Justice and Mercy
• Righteousness
• Truth

8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 5:10 — He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
• 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
• 2Cor 1:18 — But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
• Deut 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• Eccl 3:18 — I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
• Gal 2:17 — But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
• Gal 2:21 — I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
• Gal 3:21 — Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.
• Gal 6:14 — But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
• Gal 6:14 — But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
• Heb 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
• Heb 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
• Heb 6:18 — That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
• Job 4:17 — Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
• Job 8:3 — Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
• Job 34:10 — Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
• Job 36:3 — I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.
• Job 40:8 — Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
• Job 40:8 — Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
• John 3:33 — He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
• Lev 19:11 — Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
• Luke 15:32 — It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
• Luke 20:16 — He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
• Matt 11:19 — The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
• Matt 15:27 — And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
• Matt 20:14 — Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
• Mic 6:3 — O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
• Mic 7:20 — Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
• Ps 51:4 — Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
• Ps 51:4 — Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
• Ps 62:9 — Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
• Ps 100:5 — For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
• Ps 116:11 — I said in my haste, All men are liars.
• Ps 116:11 — I said in my haste, All men are liars.
• Ps 119:75 — I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
• Ps 119:160 — Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
• Ps 138:2 — I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
• Rev 3:7 — And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man
• Rom 2:2 — But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
• Rom 3:6 — God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?