Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
I will
General references
Bible References
Because
Jeremiah 2:23
How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
Job 33:9
I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me.
Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but he who confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Isaiah 58:3
Why have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? why have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
Romans 7:9
For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
I will
Jeremiah 2:9
Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
General references
Job 9:29
If I am wicked, why then do I labor in vain?