Job 9:20

English Standard Version 2016

Though I am in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, he would prove me perverse.

Cross References

Job 34:35

‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words are without insight.’

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant friction among people who are depraved in mind and deprived of the truth, imagining that godliness is a means of gain.

Luke 16:15

And he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

Luke 10:29

But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Isaiah 6:5

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

Proverbs 17:20

A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.

Psalm 143:2

Enter not into judgment with your servant, for no one living is righteous before you.

Psalm 130:3

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

Job 35:16

Job opens his mouth in empty talk; he multiplies words without knowledge.”

Job 9:2

“Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God?

Job 4:17

‘Can mortal man be in the right before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker?

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Job 9:15

Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him; I must appeal for mercy to my accuser.

Job 9:29

I shall be condemned; why then do I labor in vain?

Job 9:28

I become afraid of all my suffering, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

Job 10:15

If I am guilty, woe to me! If I am in the right, I cannot lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and look on my affliction.

Job 14:17

my transgression would be sealed up in a bag, and you would cover over my iniquity.