Job 33:27

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He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

I will arise and go to my father and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!'

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.

What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

But then what return did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? The end of those things is death.