1 Corinthians 4:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.

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  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
  • 1 John 3:20-21 : 20 When our heart says that we have done wrong; because God is greater than our heart, and has knowledge of all things. 21 My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our glory is in this, in the knowledge which we have that our way of life in the world, and most of all in relation to you, has been holy and true in the eyes of God; not in the wisdom of the flesh, but in the grace of God.
  • Ps 19:12 : 12 Who has full knowledge of his errors? make me clean from secret evil.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
  • Job 25:4 : 4 How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?
  • Prov 21:2 : 2 Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.
  • John 21:17 : 17 He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
  • Acts 23:1 : 1 And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.
  • Rom 2:13 : 13 For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:
  • Rom 3:19-20 : 19 Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God: 20 Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  • Rom 4:2 : 2 For if Abraham got righteousness by works, he has reason for pride; but not before God.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 For this reason let there be no judging before the time, till the Lord comes, who will make clear the secret things of the dark, and the designs of the heart; and then will every man have his praise from God.
  • 2 Cor 5:10 : 10 For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.
  • Job 27:6 : 6 I will keep it safe, and will not let it go: my heart has nothing to say against any part of my life.
  • Job 9:2-3 : 2 Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God? 3 If a man was desiring to go to law with him, he would not be able to give him an answer to one out of a thousand questions.
  • Job 9:20 : 20 Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
  • Ps 7:3-5 : 3 O Lord my God, if I have done this; if my hands have done any wrong; 4 If I have given back evil to him who did evil to me, or have taken anything from him who was against me without cause; 5 Let my hater go after my soul and take it; let my life be crushed to the earth, and my honour into the dust. (Selah.)
  • Ps 26:12 : 12 I have a safe resting-place for my feet; I will give praise to the Lord in the meetings of the people.
  • Ps 50:6 : 6 And let the heavens make clear his righteousness; for God himself is the judge. (Selah.)

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