The unfailing consequence of blessings for righteous thoughts and acts, and punishment for unrepented sin. Justice is an eternal law that requires a penalty each time a law of God is broken (
Alma 42: 13-24). The sinner must pay the penalty if he does not repent (
Mosiah 2: 38-39;
D&C 19: 17). If he does repent, the Savior pays the penalty through the Atonement, invoking mercy (
Alma 34: 16).
The soul that sinneth shall die,
Ezek. 18: 4. What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly?
Micah 6: 8. Jesus will be just and forgive our sins,
1 John 1: 9. The justice of God did divide the wicked from the righteous,
1 Ne. 15: 30. The Atonement satisfies the demands of his justice,
2 Ne. 9: 26. All mankind is fallen and is in the grasp of justice,
Alma 42: 14. The Atonement appeases the demands of justice,
Alma 42: 15. Do ye suppose that mercy can rob justice?
Alma 42: 25. The justice of God hangs over you except you repent,
Alma 54: 6. Justice and judgment are the penalty that is affixed to my law,
D&C 82: 4. Justice continues in its course and claims its own,
D&C 88: 40. None shall be exempted from the justice and the laws of God,
D&C 107: 84.