Jeremiah 2:35

American Standard Version (1901)

Yet thou saidst, I am innocent; surely his anger is turned away from me. Behold, I will enter into judgment with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:13 : 13 He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.
  • Isa 58:3 : 3 Wherefore have we fasted, [say they], and thou seest not? [wherefore] have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find [your own] pleasure, and exact all your labors.
  • Jer 2:9 : 9 Wherefore I will yet contend with you, saith Jehovah, and with your children's children will I contend.
  • Jer 2:23 : 23 How canst thou say, I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: [thou art] a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
  • Jer 2:29 : 29 Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
  • Jer 25:31 : 31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.
  • Rom 7:9 : 9 And I was alive apart from the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died;
  • 1 John 1:8-9 : 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • Job 33:9 : 9 I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:

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