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 be up and off to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;

But the taxgatherer stood far away and would not lift even his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'O God, have mercy on me for my sins!'

If we say, 'We are not guilty,' we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us;

So the Law at any rate is holy, the command is holy, just, and for our good.

What profit will it be if a man gains the whole world and forfeits his own soul? What will a man offer as an equivalent for his soul?

Well, what did you gain then by it all? Nothing but what you are now ashamed of! The end of all that is death;