7 For the scripture saith, But unto the sinner said God, Wherefore dost thou declare Mine ordinances, and takest My covenant upon thy lips? (1CL)
1 Clement 35:7
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Psalms 50:15–17
15 Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.” 16 To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? 17 For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
Psalms 10:12–14
12 Arise, O LORD! Lift up Your hand, O God! Do not forget the helpless. 13 Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.” 14 But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts hi…
1 Clement 15:3–5
3 and again, they blessed with their mouth, but they cursed with their heart. (1CL) 4 And again He saith, They loved Him with their mouth, and with their tongue they lied unto Him; and their heart was not upright with Him, neither were they steadfast in His covenant. (1CL) 5 For… (1CL)
Job 15:4–6
4 But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him. 5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty. 6 Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
Psalms 5:3–5
3 In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation. 4 For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You. 5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
2 Esdras 16:52–54
52 For yet a little while, and iniquity will be taken away out of the earth, and righteousness will reign over us. (WEB) 53 Don’t let the sinner say that he has not sinned; for God will burn coals of fire on the head of one who says “I haven’t sinned before God and his gl… (WEB)
Psalms of Solomon 4:1–2
1 Wherefore sittest thou, O profane man, in the council of the pious, Seeing that thy heart is far removed from the Lord, Provoking with transgressions the God of Israel? (PSS) 2 Extravagant in speech, extravagant in outward seeming beyond all men, Is he that is severe… (PSS)
Isaiah 59:2–4
2 But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear. 3 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters… 4 …
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