Job 9:20

Geneva Bible (1560)

If I woulde iustifie my selfe, mine owne mouth shall condemne mee: if I would be perfite, he shall iudge me wicked.

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  • Job 34:35 : 35 Iob hath not spoken of knowledge, neyther were his wordes according to wisedome.
  • Job 15:5-6 : 5 For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty. 6 Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.
  • Job 32:1-2 : 1 So these three men ceased to answere Iob, because he esteemed himselfe iust. 2 Then the wrath of Elihu the sonne of Barachel the Buzite, of the familie of Ram, was kindled: his wrath, I say, was kindled against Iob, because he iustified himselfe more then God.
  • Job 33:8-9 : 8 Doubtles thou hast spoken in mine eares, and I haue heard the voyce of thy wordes. 9 I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me. 10 Lo, he hath found occasions against me, and counted me for his enemie. 11 He hath put my feete in the stockes, and looketh narrowly vnto all my paths. 12 Behold, in this hast thou not done right: I will answere thee, that God is greater then man. 13 Why doest thou striue against him? for he doeth not giue account of all his matters.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, & this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.
  • Job 4:17 : 17 Shall man be more iust then God? or shall a man be more pure then his maker?
  • Job 9:2 : 2 I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?
  • Job 35:16 : 16 Therfore Iob openeth his mouth in vaine, and multiplieth wordes without knowledge.
  • Ps 130:3 : 3 If thou, O Lord, straightly markest iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 (And enter not into iudgement with thy seruant: for in thy sight shall none that liueth, be iustified)
  • Prov 10:19 : 19 In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.
  • Prov 17:20 : 20 The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I sayd, Wo is me: for I am vndone, because I am a man of polluted lips, & I dwell in the middes of a people of polluted lips: for mine eyes haue seene the King and Lord of hostes.
  • Matt 12:36-37 : 36 But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement. 37 For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But he willing to iustifie himselfe, said vnto Iesus, Who is then my neighbour?
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 Then he sayde vnto them, Yee are they, which iustifie your selues before men: but God knoweth your heartes: for that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Phil 3:12-15 : 12 Not as though I had alreadie attained to it, either were alreadie perfect: but I folow, if that I may comprehend that for whose sake also I am comprehended of Christ Iesus. 13 Brethren, I count not my selfe, that I haue attained to it, but one thing I doe: I forget that which is behinde, and endeuour my selfe vnto that which is before, 14 And followe hard toward the marke, for the prise of the hie calling of God in Christ Iesus. 15 Let vs therefore as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if yee be otherwise minded, God shall reueile euen the same vnto you.
  • 1 Tim 6:5 : 5 Frowarde disputations of men of corrupt mindes & destitute of ye trueth, which thinke that gaine is godlines: from such separate thy selfe.
  • Jas 3:2 : 2 For in many things we sinne all. If any man sinne not in word, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.

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  • Job 9:21-22
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    21Though I were perfite, yet I knowe not my soule: therefore abhorre I my life.

    22This is one point: therefore I said, Hee destroyeth the perfite and the wicked.

  • Job 9:19
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    19If we speake of strength, behold, he is strog: if we speake of iudgement, who shall bring me in to pleade?

  • Job 19:4-5
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    4And though I had in deede erred, mine errour remaineth with me.

    5But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,

  • Job 34:5-6
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    5For Iob hath saide, I am righteous, & God hath taken away my iudgement.

    6Should I lye in my right? my wound of the arrowe is grieuous without my sinne.

  • Job 13:18-19
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    18Beholde nowe: if I prepare me to iudgement, I knowe that I shalbe iustified.

    19Who is he, that will pleade with me? for if I nowe holde my tongue, I dye.

  • Prov 20:9
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    9Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne?

  • Job 27:5-6
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    5God forbid, that I should iustifie you: vntill I dye, I will neuer take away mine innocencie from my selfe.

    6I will keepe my righteousnesse, and wil not forsake it: mine heart shall not reprooue me of my dayes.

  • Job 10:14-15
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    14If I haue sinned, then thou wilt streightly looke vnto me, and wilt not holde mee giltlesse of mine iniquitie.

    15If I haue done wickedly, wo vnto me: if I haue done righteously, I will not lift vp mine head, being full of confusion, because I see mine affliction.

  • Job 9:28-30
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    28Then I am afrayd of all my sorowes, knowing that thou wilt not iudge me innocent.

    29If I be wicked, why labour I thus in vaine?

    30If I wash my selfe with snowe water, and purge mine hands most cleane,

  • Job 40:8
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    8(40:3) Wilt thou disanul my iudgement? or wilt thou condemne me, that thou mayst be iustified?

  • Job 31:5-7
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    5If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my foote hath made haste to deceite,

    6Let God weigh me in the iust balance, and he shal know mine vprightnes.

    7If my steppe hath turned out of the way, or mine heart hath walked after mine eye, or if any blot hath cleaued to mine handes,

  • Job 33:9
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    9I am cleane, without sinne: I am innocent, and there is none iniquitie in me.

  • Job 9:15
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    15For though I were iust, yet could I not answere, but I would make supplicatio to my Iudge.

  • Job 23:7
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    7There the righteous might reason with him, so I shoulde be deliuered for euer from my Iudge.

  • Job 15:6
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    6Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, and thy lippes testifie against thee.

  • 2 Sam 22:24
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    24I was vpright also towarde him, and haue kept me from my wickednesse.

  • Ps 18:23
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    23I was vpright also with him, & haue kept me from my wickednes.

  • Jer 2:35
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    35Yet thou saiest, Because I am giltles, surely his wrath shall turne from mee: beholde, I will enter with thee into iudgement, because thou saiest, I haue not sinned.

  • Job 6:29-30
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    29Turne, I pray you, let there be none iniquitie: returne, I say, and ye shall see yet my righteousnesse in that behalfe.

    30Is there iniquitie in my tongue? doeth not my mouth feele sorowes?

  • Job 9:2
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    2I knowe verily that it is so: for howe should man compared vnto God, be iustified?

  • Ps 73:15
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    15If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.

  • Job 10:2
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    2I will say vnto God, Condemne mee not: shew me, wherefore thou contendest with mee.

  • 1 Cor 4:4
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    4For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.

  • Prov 8:8
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    8All the wordes of my mouth are righteous: there is no lewdenes, nor frowardnesse in them.

  • Ps 7:3
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    3O Lorde my God, if I haue done this thing, if there be any wickednes in mine handes,

  • Job 9:35
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    35Then will I speake, & feare him not: but because I am not so, I holde me still.

  • Job 36:3-4
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    3I will fetche my knowledge afarre off, & will attribute rigteousnesse vnto my Maker.

    4For truely my wordes shall not be false, and he that is perfect in knowledge, speaketh with thee.

  • Job 11:4
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    4For thou hast sayde, My doctrine is pure, and I am cleane in thine eyes.

  • Job 13:15
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    15Loe, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him, and I will reprooue my wayes in his sight.

  • Job 7:20
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    20I haue sinned, what shal I do vnto thee? O thou preseruer of me, why hast thou set me as a marke against thee, so that I am a burden vnto my selfe?

  • Job 33:27
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    27He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me,

  • Job 34:32
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    32But if I see not, teach thou me: if I haue done wickedly, I will doe no more.

  • Ps 26:11
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    11But I will walke in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore, and be mercifull vnto me.

  • Isa 50:8
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    8Hee is neere that iustifieth mee: who will contend with me? Let vs stande together: who is mine aduersarie? let him come neere to me.

  • Job 10:7
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    7Thou knowest that I can not do wickedly: for none can deliuer me out of thine hand.

  • Job 33:32
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    32If there be matter, answere me, and speak: for I desire to iustifie thee.

  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousnes of the vpright shal direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.

  • Ps 17:3
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    3Thou hast prooued and visited mine heart in the night: thou hast tryed me, and foundest nothing: for I was purposed that my mouth should not offend.