17 (A)‘Can mortal man be in the right before[a] God?
    Can a man be pure before his Maker?

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  1. Job 4:17 Or more than; twice in this verse

“Truly I know that it is so:
    But how can a man be (A)in the right before God?

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“Indeed, I know that this is true.
    But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)

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How then can man be (A)in the right before God?
    How can he who is (B)born of woman be (C)pure?

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How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
    How can one born of woman be pure?(A)

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20 Surely (A)there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

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20 Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous,(A)
    no one who does what is right and never sins.(B)

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33 Oh, the depth of the riches and (A)wisdom and knowledge of God! (B)How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!

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Doxology

33 Oh, the depth of the riches(A) of the wisdom and[a] knowledge of God!(B)
    How unsearchable his judgments,
    and his paths beyond tracing out!(C)

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  1. Romans 11:33 Or riches and the wisdom and the

(A)Enter not into judgment with your servant,
    for no one living is righteous (B)before you.

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Do not bring your servant into judgment,
    for no one living is righteous(A) before you.

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And the four living creatures, (A)each of them with six wings, are (B)full of eyes all around and within, and (C)day and night they never cease to say,

(D)“Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty,
    (E)who was and is and is to come!”

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Each of the four living creatures(A) had six wings(B) and was covered with eyes all around,(C) even under its wings. Day and night(D) they never stop saying:

“‘Holy, holy, holy

is the Lord God Almighty,’[a](E)

who was, and is, and is to come.”(F)

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  1. Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3

20 But who are you, O man, (A)to answer back to God? (B)Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

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20 But who are you, a human being, to talk back to God?(A) “Shall what is formed say to the one who formed it,(B) ‘Why did you make me like this?’”[a](C)

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  1. Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9

By no means! (A)Let God be true though (B)every one were a liar, as it is written,

(C)“That you may be justified in your words,
    and prevail when you (D)are judged.”

But if our unrighteousness serves to show the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unrighteous to inflict (E)wrath on us? ((F)I speak in a human way.) By no means! For then how could (G)God judge the world? But if through my lie God's truth abounds to his glory, (H)why am I still being condemned as a sinner?

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Not at all! Let God be true,(A) and every human being a liar.(B) As it is written:

“So that you may be proved right when you speak
    and prevail when you judge.”[a](C)

But if our unrighteousness brings out God’s righteousness more clearly,(D) what shall we say? That God is unjust in bringing his wrath on us? (I am using a human argument.)(E) Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(F) Someone might argue, “If my falsehood enhances God’s truthfulness and so increases his glory,(G) why am I still condemned as a sinner?”(H)

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  1. Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4

But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are (A)storing up (B)wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

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But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath(A), when his righteous judgment(B) will be revealed.

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20 And he said, (A)“What comes out of a person is what defiles him. 21 For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, (B)murder, adultery, 22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, (C)sensuality, (D)envy, (E)slander, (F)pride, (G)foolishness. 23 (H)All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

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20 He went on: “What comes out of a person is what defiles them. 21 For it is from within, out of a person’s heart, that evil thoughts come—sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, greed,(A) malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. 23 All these evils come from inside and defile a person.”

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The heart is deceitful above all things,
    and desperately sick;
    who can understand it?

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The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
    and beyond cure.
    Who can understand it?

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Jeremiah's Complaint

12 (A)Righteous are you, O Lord,
    when I complain to you;
    yet I would plead my case before you.
(B)Why does the way of the wicked prosper?
    Why do all (C)who are treacherous thrive?

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Jeremiah’s Complaint

12 You are always righteous,(A) Lord,
    when I bring a case(B) before you.
Yet I would speak with you about your justice:(C)
    Why does the way of the wicked prosper?(D)
    Why do all the faithless live at ease?

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