Verse 17

`Is mortal man than God more righteous? Than his Maker is a man cleaner?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 9:2 : 2 Truly I have known that `it is' so, And what -- is man righteous with God?
  • Job 25:4 : 4 And what? is man righteous with God? And what? is he pure -- born of a woman?
  • Ps 143:2 : 2 And enter not into judgment with Thy servant, For no one living is justified before Thee.
  • Ps 145:17 : 17 Righteous `is' Jehovah in all His ways, And kind in all His works.
  • Eccl 7:20 : 20 Because there is not a righteous man on earth that doth good and sinneth not.
  • Jer 12:1 : 1 Righteous `art' Thou, O Jehovah, When I plead towards thee, Only, judgments do I speak with Thee, Wherefore did the way of the wicked prosper? At rest have been all treacherous dealers.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 Crooked `is' the heart above all things, And it `is' incurable -- who doth know it?
  • Mark 7:20-23 : 20 And he said -- `That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man; 21 for from within, out of the heart of men, the evil reasonings do come forth, adulteries, whoredoms, murders, 22 thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness; 23 all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'
  • Rom 2:5 : 5 but, according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou dost treasure up to thyself wrath, in a day of wrath and of the revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
  • Rom 3:4-7 : 4 let it not be! and let God become true, and every man false, according as it hath been written, `That Thou mayest be declared righteous in Thy words, and mayest overcome in Thy being judged.' 5 And, if our unrighteousness God's righteousness doth establish, what shall we say? is God unrighteous who is inflicting the wrath? (after the manner of a man I speak) 6 let it not be! since how shall God judge the world? 7 for if the truth of God in my falsehood did more abound to His glory, why yet am I also as a sinner judged?
  • Rom 9:20 : 20 nay, but, O man, who art thou that art answering again to God? shall the thing formed say to Him who did form `it', Why me didst thou make thus?
  • Rom 11:33 : 33 O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
  • Rev 4:8 : 8 And the four living creatures, each by itself severally, had six wings, around and within `are' full of eyes, and rest they have not day and night, saying, `Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is coming;'
  • Job 35:2 : 2 This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- `My righteousness `is' more than God's?'
  • Job 35:10 : 10 And none said, `Where `is' God my maker? Giving songs in the night,
  • Job 40:8 : 8 Dost thou also make void My judgment? Dost thou condemn Me, That thou mayest be righteous?
  • Job 9:30-31 : 30 If I have washed myself with snow-water, And purified with soap my hands, 31 Then in corruption Thou dost dip me, And my garments have abominated me.
  • Job 14:4 : 4 Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
  • Job 15:14 : 14 What `is' man that he is pure, And that he is righteous, one born of woman?
  • Gen 18:25 : 25 Far be it from Thee to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it hath been -- as the righteous so the wicked -- far be it from Thee; doth the Judge of all the earth not do justice?'
  • Job 8:3 : 3 Doth God pervert judgment? And doth the Mighty One pervert justice?