Psalm 36:2
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2 For they flatter themselves in their own eyes
that their iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Deuteronomy 29:19
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19 All who hear the words of this oath and bless themselves, thinking in their hearts, ‘We are safe even though we go our own stubborn ways’ (thus sweeping away the moist with the dry)[a]—
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- 29.19 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 49:18
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18 Though in their lifetime they count themselves happy
—for you are praised when you do well for yourself—(A)
Psalm 10:3
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3 For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart;
those greedy for gain curse and renounce the Lord.(A)
Romans 7:9
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9 I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin revived
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Romans 3:9
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None Is Righteous
9 What then? Are we any better off?[a] No, not at all, for we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under the power of sin,(A)
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- 3.9 Or at any disadvantage?
Luke 16:14-15
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The Law and the Kingdom of God
14 The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all this, and they ridiculed him.(A) 15 So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.(B)
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Luke 10:29
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29 But wanting to vindicate himself, he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”(A)
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Hosea 12:7-8
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7 A trader in whose hands are false balances,
he loves to oppress.(A)
8 Ephraim has said, “Ah, I am rich;
I have gained wealth for myself;
in all of my gain
no offense has been found in me
that would be sin.”[a](B)
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- 12.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart is devious above all else;
it is perverse—
who can understand it?(A)
Jeremiah 2:34-35
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34 Also on your skirts is found
the lifeblood of the innocent poor,
though you did not catch them breaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things[a](A)
35 you say, “I am innocent;
surely his anger has turned from me.”
Now I am bringing you to judgment
for saying, “I have not sinned.”(B)
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- 2.34 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Jeremiah 2:23
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23 How can you say, “I am not defiled;
I have not gone after the Baals”?
Look at your way in the valley;
know what you have done:
a restive young camel interlacing her tracks,(A)
1 Chronicles 10:13-14
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13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness; he was unfaithful to the Lord in that he did not keep the command of the Lord; moreover, he had consulted a medium, seeking guidance,(A) 14 and did not seek guidance from the Lord. Therefore the Lord[a] put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.(B)
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- 10.14 Heb he
1 Samuel 15:18-24
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18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’(A) 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? Why did you swoop down on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?”(B) 20 Saul said to Samuel, “I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.(C) 21 But from the spoil the people took sheep and cattle, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”(D) 22 And Samuel said,
“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
as in obedience to the voice of the Lord?
Surely, to obey is better than sacrifice
and to heed than the fat of rams.(E)
23 For rebellion is no less a sin than divination,
and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
he has also rejected you from being king.”(F)
24 Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.(G)
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Romans 10:3
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3 Not knowing the righteousness of God and seeking to establish their own, they have not submitted to God’s righteousness.(A)
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