“Justify” in the Bible

39 verses contain “justify” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible.

1. Genesis 18:21 I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
2. Genesis 44:16 …y to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the…
3. 1 Kings 8:32 … man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his…
4. 2 Chronicles 6:23 … man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his…
5. Esther 7:4 … would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the…
6. Job 32:2 This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God,
7. Job 40:8 Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
8. Isaiah 45:25 In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
9. Isaiah 53:11 After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
10. Ezekiel 16:52 So now you must bear your disgrace, since you have brought justification for your sisters. For they appear more righteous than you, because your sins were more vile than…
11. Luke 10:29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
12. Luke 16:15 So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
13. Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
14. Acts 13:39 Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
15. Acts 19:40 For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”
16. Romans 3:20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
17. Romans 3:24 and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
18. Romans 3:26 He did this to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and to justify the one who has faith in Jesus.
19. Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
20. Romans 3:30 since there is only one God, who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
21. Romans 4:2 If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
22. Romans 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
23. Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
24. Romans 5:9 Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
25. Romans 5:16 …mnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought…
26. Romans 5:18 So then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
27. Romans 8:30 And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.
28. Romans 10:10 For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
29. 1 Corinthians 6:11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
30. Galatians 2:16 know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in…
31. Galatians 2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ, we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ a minister of sin? Certainly not!
32. Galatians 3:8 The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
33. Galatians 3:11 Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”
34. Galatians 3:24 So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
35. Galatians 5:4 You who are trying to be justified by the law have been severed from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.
36. Titus 3:7 so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life.
37. James 2:21 Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
38. James 2:24 As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.
39. James 2:25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?