Job 9:2

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Truly, I know this is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?

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  • Job 4:17 : 17 Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be purer than his Maker?
  • Job 25:4 : 4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law; for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before you.
  • 1 Kgs 8:46 : 46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and give them over to their enemies, who take them captive to a land far away or near,
  • Job 14:3-4 : 3 Do you fix your gaze on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? 4 Who can bring what is pure out of the unclean? No one.
  • Job 32:2 : 2 Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, from the family of Ram, became very angry. His anger burned against Job for justifying himself rather than God.
  • Job 33:9 : 9 'I am pure, without sin; I am innocent, and there is no iniquity in me.'
  • Job 34:5 : 5 For Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.'
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If You, LORD, keep a record of iniquities, Lord, who could stand?

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