29 Who will justify him who sins against his own soul? Who will honor him who dishonors his own life? (WEB)
Sirach 10:29
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Job 21:30–32
30 Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath. 31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done? 32 He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.
Job 36:22–24
22 Behold, God is exalted in His power. Who is a teacher like Him? 23 Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, ‘You have done wrong’? 24 Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.
2 Baruch 51:14–16
14 For they have been delivered from this world of tribulation, And laid down the burden of anguish. (2BA) 15 For what then have men lost their life, And for what have those who were on the earth exchanged their soul? (2BA) 16 For then they chose (not) for themselves this time, Whi… (2BA)
Sirach 28:4–6
4 Upon a man like himself he has no mercy, and does he make supplication for his own sins? (WEB) 5 He himself, being flesh, nourishes wrath. Who will make atonement for his sins? (WEB) 6 Remember your last end, and stop enmity. Remember corruption and death, and be true to the c… (WEB)
2 Esdras 16:65–67
65 When your sins are brought out before men, you will be ashamed, and your own iniquities will stand as your accusers in that day. (WEB) 66 What will you do? Or how will you hide your sins before God and his angels? (WEB) 67 Behold, God is the judge. Fear him! Stop sinning, and fo… (WEB)
Job 40:7–9
7 “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me. 8 Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself? 9 Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
Proverbs 20:8–10
8 A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes. 9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”? 10 Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
Job 15:12–14
12 Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, 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?
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