Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.

Thou art righteous

For we remain

General references

Bible References

Thou art righteous

Nehemiah 9:33
You are righteous concerning all that has come on us,
because You have acted faithfully,
while we have acted wickedly.
Daniel 9:7
Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but this day public shame belongs to us: the men of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel—those who are near and those who are far, in all the countries where You have dispersed them because of the disloyalty they have shown toward You.
Romans 10:3
Because they disregarded the righteousness from God and attempted to establish their own righteousness, they have not submitted themselves to God’s righteousness.

For we remain

Lamentations 3:22
ח KhetBecause of the Lord’s faithful love
we do not perish,
for His mercies never end.

In our trespasses

Isaiah 64:6
All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
Ezekiel 33:10
“Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel: You have said this, ‘Our transgressions and our sins are heavy on us, and we are wasting away because of them! How then can we survive?’
Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was dressed with filthy clothes as he stood before the Angel.
John 8:21
Then He said to them again, “I’m going away; you will look for Me, and you will die in your sin. Where I’m going, you cannot come.”
1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

We cannot

Job 9:2
Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
but how can a person be justified before God?
Psalm 130:3
Yahweh, if You considered sins,
Lord, who could stand?
Psalm 143:2
Do not bring Your servant into judgment,
for no one alive is righteous in Your sight.
Romans 3:19
Now we know that whatever the law says speaks to those who are subject to the law, so that every mouth may be shut and the whole world may become subject to God’s judgment.

General references

Psalm 119:137
צ TsadeYou are righteous, Lord,
and Your judgments are just.
Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was dressed with filthy clothes as he stood before the Angel.

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