Job 9:20

Modern English Version

Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; though I were perfect, it would prove me perverse.

Cross References

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil.

Job 10:15

If I am wicked, woe unto me; and if I am righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of shame; look at my affliction!

Job 14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You plaster over my iniquity.

Job 34:35

‘Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.’

Job 35:16

therefore Job opens his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge.”

Job 4:17

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his maker?

Job 9:15

Even if I were righteous I could not answer; I would plead to my Judge for favor.

Job 9:2

“Truly, I know it is so, but how can a man be righteous with God?

Job 9:28

I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that You will not hold me innocent.

Job 9:29

If I am guilty, why then do I labor in vain?

Psalm 130:3

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

Psalm 143:2

Enter not into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no one living is righteous.

Proverbs 10:19

When words are many, sin is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a crooked heart does not prosper; and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into calamity.

Isaiah 6:5

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am undone because 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.”

Luke 10:29

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

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed before men is an abomination before God.

1 Timothy 6:5

constant disputes by men of corrupt minds, being destitute of the truth, and supposing that financial gain is godliness. Withdraw yourself from such men.

James 3:2

We all stumble in many ways. But if any man does not stumble in what he says, he is a complete man and able also to control the whole body.