Isaiah 43:26
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26 Put Me in remembrance;
Let us contend together;
State your case, that you may be [a]acquitted.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 43:26 justified
Isaiah 1:18
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18 “Come now, and let us (A)reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
(B)They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
Romans 8:33
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33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? (A)It is God who justifies.
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Isaiah 43:9
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9 Let all the nations be gathered together,
And let the people be assembled.
(A)Who among them can declare this,
And show us former things?
Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;
Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”
Romans 10:3
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3 For they being ignorant of (A)God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own (B)righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
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Job 40:4-5
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4 “Behold,(A) I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
(B)I lay my hand over my mouth.
5 Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Romans 11:35
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35 “Or(A) who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”
Luke 18:9-14
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The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
9 Also He spoke this parable to some (A)who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee (B)stood and prayed thus with himself, (C)‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; (D)for everyone who exalts himself will be [a]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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- Luke 18:14 put down
Luke 16:15
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15 And He said to them, “You are those who (A)justify yourselves (B)before men, but (C)God knows your hearts. For (D)what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
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Luke 10:29
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29 But he, wanting to (A)justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
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Ezekiel 36:37
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37 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“I will also let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do this for them: I will (B)increase their men like a flock.
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Jeremiah 2:21-35
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21 Yet I had (A)planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest quality.
How then have you turned before Me
Into (B)the degenerate plant of an alien vine?
22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use much soap,
Yet your iniquity is (C)marked[a] before Me,” says the Lord God.
23 “How(D) can you say, ‘I am not [b]polluted,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
See your way in the valley;
Know what you have done:
You are a swift dromedary breaking loose in her ways,
24 A wild donkey used to the wilderness,
That sniffs at the wind in her desire;
In her time of mating, who can turn her away?
All those who seek her will not weary themselves;
In her month they will find her.
25 Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst.
But you said, (E)‘There is no hope.
No! For I have loved (F)aliens, and after them I will go.’
26 “As the thief is ashamed when he is found out,
So is the house of Israel ashamed;
They and their kings and their princes, and their priests and their (G)prophets,
27 Saying to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
And to a (H)stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’
For they have turned their back to Me, and not their face.
But in the time of their (I)trouble
They will say, ‘Arise and save us.’
28 But (J)where are your gods that you have made for yourselves?
Let them arise,
If they (K)can save you in the time of your [c]trouble;
For (L)according to the number of your cities
Are your gods, O Judah.
29 “Why will you plead with Me?
You all have transgressed against Me,” says the Lord.
30 “In vain I have (M)chastened your children;
They (N)received no correction.
Your sword has (O)devoured your prophets
Like a destroying lion.
31 “O generation, see the word of the Lord!
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a land of darkness?
Why do My people say, ‘We [d]are lords;
(P)We will come no more to You’?
32 Can a virgin forget her ornaments,
Or a bride her attire?
Yet My people (Q)have forgotten Me days without number.
33 “Why do you beautify your way to seek love?
Therefore you have also taught
The wicked women your ways.
34 Also on your skirts is found
(R)The blood of the lives of the poor innocents.
I have not found it by [e]secret search,
But plainly on all these things.
35 (S)Yet you say, ‘Because I am innocent,
Surely His anger shall turn from me.’
Behold, (T)I will plead My case against you,
(U)Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:22 stained
- Jeremiah 2:23 defiled
- Jeremiah 2:28 Or evil
- Jeremiah 2:31 have dominion
- Jeremiah 2:34 digging
Isaiah 50:8
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8 (A)He is near who justifies Me;
Who will contend with Me?
Let us stand together.
Who is [a]My adversary?
Let him come near Me.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 50:8 Lit. master of My judgment
Isaiah 41:1
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Israel Assured of God’s Help
41 “Keep (A)silence before Me, O coastlands,
And let the people renew their strength!
Let them come near, then let them speak;
Let us (B)come near together for judgment.
Psalm 141:2
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2 Let my prayer be set before You (A)as incense,
(B)The lifting up of my hands as (C)the evening sacrifice.
Job 23:3-6
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3 (A)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
4 I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
5 I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
6 (B)Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
Job 16:21
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Footnotes
- Job 16:21 friend
Genesis 32:12
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12 For (A)You said, ‘I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the (B)sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude.’ ”
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