Luke 17:10

In the same way, when you have done all that you were commanded, you should say, ‘We are good-for-nothing slaves; we’ve only done our duty.’”

Job 22:2-3

Can a man be of any use to God?
Can even a wise man be of use to Him?

Matthew 25:30

And throw this good-for-nothing slave into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

Romans 11:35

Or who has ever first given to Him,
and has to be repaid?

1 Chronicles 29:14-16

But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and we have given You only what comes from Your own hand.

Job 35:6-7

If you sin, how does it affect God?
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?

Psalm 16:2-3

I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord;
I have nothing good besides You.”

Psalm 35:6-7

Let their way be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the Lord pursuing them.

Proverbs 16:2-3

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.

Isaiah 6:5

Then I said:

Woe is me for I am ruined
because I am a man of unclean lips
and live among a people of unclean lips,
and because my eyes have seen the King,
the Lord of Hosts.

Isaiah 64:6

All of us have become like something unclean,
and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment;
all of us wither like a leaf,
and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.

Matthew 25:37-40

“Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

Romans 3:12

All have turned away;
all alike have become useless.
There is no one who does what is good,
not even one.

1 Corinthians 9:16-17

For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because an obligation is placed on me. And woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

1 Corinthians 15:9-10

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

1 Peter 5:5-6

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.

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Summary

Luke 17:10

So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.

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