Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Justify
Mine
I am perfect
It shall
Bible References
Justify
Luke 10:29
Anxious to make an excuse for himself, however, he said to Jesus, "But who is my neighbour?"
Luke 16:15
So he told them, "You are the people who get men to think you are good, but God knows what your hearts are! What is lofty in the view of man is loathsome in the eyes of God.
Mine
Matthew 12:36
I tell you, men will have to account on the day of judgment for every light word they utter;
James 3:2
We all make many a slip, but whoever avoids slips of speech is a perfect man; he can bridle the whole of the body as well as the tongue.
I am perfect
Philippians 3:12
Not that I have already attained this or am already perfect, but I press forward to appropriate it, because I have been appropriated myself by Christ Jesus.
It shall
1 Timothy 6:5
and constant friction between people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the Truth. They imagine religion is a paying concern.