9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?
Proverbs 20:9
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Job 15:13–15
13 as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth? 14 What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? 15 If God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
Psalms 73:12–14
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Job 14:3–5
3 Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You? 4 Who can bring out clean from unclean? No one! 5 Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,
Psalms 19:11–13
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Job 6:29–30
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Job 25:3–5
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Job 33:8–10
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Psalms 143:1–3
1 A Psalm of David. O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me. 2 Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You. 3 For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the…
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