Ezra 9:15
O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt no one can really stand before you."
Psalm 130:3
If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
Daniel 9:14
The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just in all he has done, and we have not obeyed him.
Nehemiah 9:33-34
You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. It is we who have been in the wrong!
Job 9:2-3
"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?
Psalm 143:2
Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
Isaiah 64:6-7
We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.
Jeremiah 12:1
Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?
Lamentations 3:22-23
(Khet) The Lord's loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end.
Ezekiel 33:10
"And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you have said: "Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?"'
Daniel 9:7-11
"You are righteous, O Lord, but we are humiliated this day -- the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you.
Zechariah 3:3-4
Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood there before the angel.
John 8:21
Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come."
John 8:24
Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Romans 10:3
For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness.
1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins.