Ecclesiastes 7:20
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.
1 Kings 8:46
“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy’s land, [whether] far away or near;
2 Chronicles 6:36
“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far away or near,
Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”
Romans 3:23
since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,
Psalm 143:2
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
Job 15:14-16
“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
Psalm 130:3
If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
Isaiah 53:6
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
We have turned, each one, to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the wickedness of us all [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]
To fall on Him [instead of us].
Isaiah 64:6
For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper],
And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags;
We all wither and decay like a leaf,
And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].
James 3:2
For we all stumble and sin in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says [never saying the wrong thing], he is a perfect man [fully developed in character, without serious flaws], able to bridle his whole body and rein in his entire nature [taming his human faults and weaknesses].
1 John 1:8-10
If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]
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“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
We have turned, each one, to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the wickedness of us all [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing]
To fall on Him [instead of us].
Doeth
For we all have become like one who is [ceremonially] unclean [like a leper],
And all our deeds of righteousness are like filthy rags;
We all wither and decay like a leaf,
And our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing], like the wind, takes us away [carrying us far from God’s favor, toward destruction].
General references
Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”