Verse 13

I concluded,“Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.

Referenced Verses

• Job 34:9 : 9 For he says,‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’
• Ps 26:6 : 6 I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O LORD,
• Job 21:15 : 15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’
• Job 35:3 : 3 But you say,‘What will it profit you,’ and,‘What do I gain by not sinning?’
• Ps 24:4 : 4 The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them.
• Job 9:27 : 27 If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’
• Job 9:31 : 31 then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me.
• Ps 51:10 : 10 Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!
• Mal 3:14 : 14 You have said,‘It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the LORD of Heaven’s Armies?
• Heb 10:19-22 : 19 Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.
• Jas 4:8 : 8 Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.