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
But he, wishing to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
Luke 16:15
And He said to them, "Ye are those who justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts; because that which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.
Mine
Matthew 12:36
And I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account concerning it in the day of judgment;
James 3:2
For in many things we all stumble. If anyone stumbles not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to restrain also the whole body.
I am perfect
Philippians 3:12
Not that I already obtained, or have already been made perfect; but I am pressing on, if I may lay hold of that for which I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.
It shall
1 Timothy 6:5
wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing godliness to be a source of gain.