Proverbs 20:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Can any of us really say, “My thoughts are pure, and my sins are gone”?

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:20

No one in this world always does right.

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.

Job 14:4

There's no way a human can be completely pure.

James 3:2

All of us do many wrong things. But if you can control your tongue, you are mature and able to control your whole body.

1 Corinthians 4:4

I don't know of anything against me, but that doesn't prove that I am right. The Lord is my judge.

Job 25:4

How can anyone be innocent in the sight of God?

Job 15:14

No human is pure and innocent,

Psalm 51:5

I have sinned and done wrong since the day I was born.

2 Chronicles 6:36

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

Romans 3:9

What does all this mean? Does it mean that we Jews are better off than the Gentiles? No, it doesn't! Jews, as well as Gentiles, are ruled by sin, just as I have said.