Job 4:17
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Job 9:2
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2 “Indeed, I know that this is so,
but how can a mortal be just before God?(A)
Job 9:2
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2 “Indeed, I know that this is true.
But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?(A)
Job 25:4
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4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
Job 25:4
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4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 7:20
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Romans 11:33
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33 O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!(A)
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Romans 11:33
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Psalm 143:2
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2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant,
for no one living is righteous before you.(A)
Psalm 143:2
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2 Do not bring your servant into judgment,
for no one living is righteous(A) before you.
Revelation 4:8
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8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing,
“Holy, holy, holy,
the Lord God the Almighty,
who was and is and is to come.”(A)
Revelation 4:8
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8 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:
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- Revelation 4:8 Isaiah 6:3
Romans 9:20
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20 But who indeed are you, a human, to argue with God? Will what is molded say to the one who molds it, “Why have you made me like this?”(A)
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Romans 9:20
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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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- Romans 9:20 Isaiah 29:16; 45:9
Romans 3:4-7
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4 By no means! Although every human is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written,
5 But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)(B) 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner?
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- 3.4 Other ancient authorities read you may prevail
Romans 3:4-7
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4 Not at all! Let God be true,(A) and every human being a liar.(B) As it is written:
5 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) 6 Certainly not! If that were so, how could God judge the world?(F) 7 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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- Romans 3:4 Psalm 51:4
Romans 2:5
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5 But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.(A)
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Romans 2:5
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5 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.
Mark 7:20-23
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20 And he said, “It is what comes out of a person that defiles. 21 For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: sexual immorality, theft, murder, 22 adultery, avarice, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, folly. 23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
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Mark 7:20-23
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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.”
Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart is devious above all else;
it is perverse—
who can understand it?(A)
Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah Complains to God
12 You will be in the right, O Lord,
when I lay charges against you,
but let me put my case to you.
Why does the way of the guilty prosper?
Why do all who are treacherous thrive?(A)
Jeremiah 12:1
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Jeremiah’s Complaint
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