Psalm 143:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

I am your servant. Don't try me in your court, because no one is innocent by your standards.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:20

No one in this world always does right.

Romans 3:20

God doesn't accept people simply because they obey the Law. No, indeed! All the Law does is to point out our sin.

Job 25:4

How can anyone be innocent in the sight of God?

1 John 1:10

If we say we have not sinned, we make God a liar, and his message isn't in our hearts.

Galatians 2:16

But we know that God accepts only those who have faith in Jesus Christ. No one can please God by simply obeying the Law. So we put our faith in Christ Jesus, and God accepted us because of our faith.

Psalm 130:3

If you kept record of our sins, no one could last long.

Job 14:3

And so, I ask you, God, why pick on me?

Job 15:14

No human is pure and innocent,

Job 4:17

“No humans are innocent in the eyes of God their Creator.

1 Kings 8:46

Everyone sins. But when your people sin against you, suppose you get angry enough to let their enemies drag them away to foreign countries.

Exodus 34:7

I keep my promises to my people forever, but I also punish anyone who sins. When people sin, I punish them and their children, and also their grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”