10 Who has been tried by it, and found perfect? Then let him boast. Who has had the power to transgress, and has not transgressed? And to do evil, and has not done it? (WEB)
Sirach 31:10
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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.
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.
Sirach 14:1–3
1 Blessed is the man who has not slipped with his mouth, and doesn’t suffer from sorrow for sins. (WEB) 2 Blessed is he whose soul does not condemn him, and who has not given up hope. (WEB) 3 Riches are not appropriate for a stingy person. What would a miser do with money? (WEB)
Psalms 17:2–4
2 May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right. 3 You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth. 4 As for the deeds of men— by the word of Your…
Sirach 19:15–17
15 Question a friend; for many times there is slander. Don’t trust every word. (WEB) 16 There is one who slips, and not from the heart. Who is he who hasn’t sinned with his tongue? (WEB) 17 Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him; and give place to the law of the Most High. (WEB)
Job 34:30–32
30 that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people. 31 Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more. 32 Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.’
Job 33:8–10
8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard these very words: 9 ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me. 10 Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
2 Esdras 3:34–36
34 Weigh therefore our iniquities now in the balance, and theirs also who dwell in the world, and so will it be found which way the scale inclines. (WEB) 35 Or when was it that they who dwell on the earth have not sinned in your sight? Or what nation has kept your command… (WEB)
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