Psalm 143:2
And do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.
Job 14:3
“You also open Your eyes upon him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
Job 25:4
“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
Psalm 130:3
If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
Romans 3:20
For no
Job 4:17
‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?
Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?
Job 15:14
“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
Galatians 2:16
yet we know that a man is not
Exodus 34:7
keeping mercy and lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; but He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting (avenging) the iniquity (sin, guilt) of the fathers upon the children and the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations [that is, calling the children to account for the sins of their fathers].”
1 Kings 8:46
“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy’s land, [whether] far away or near;
Job 9:2-3
“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?
1 John 1:10
If we say that we have not sinned [refusing to admit acts of sin], we make Him [out to be] a liar [by contradicting Him] and His word is not in us.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Enter not
In thy sight
General references
Bible References
Enter not
If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
“You also open Your eyes upon him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.
In thy sight
‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?
Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?
“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?
“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
General references
Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud;
Be gracious and compassionate to me and answer me.