Psalm 73:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

What good did it do me to keep my thoughts pure and refuse to do wrong?

Cross References

Psalm 26:6

I wash my hands, Lord, to show my innocence, and I worship at your altar,

Job 34:9

because he has said, “It doesn't pay to please God.”

Job 21:15

What do we gain from praying and worshiping you?

Job 35:3

Don't you honestly believe it pays to obey him?

James 4:8

Come near to God, and he will come near to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners. Purify your hearts, you people who can't make up your mind.

Malachi 3:14

Here is what you have said: “It's foolish to serve the Lord God All-Powerful. What do we get for obeying God and from going around looking sad?

Psalm 51:10

Create pure thoughts in me and make me faithful again.

Psalm 24:4

Only those who do right for the right reasons, and don't worship idols or tell lies under oath.

Job 9:31

God would throw me into a pit of stinking slime, leaving me disgusting to my clothes.

Job 9:27

Sometimes I try to be cheerful and to stop complaining,

Job 9:29

So what's the use of trying to prove my innocence?