Job 9:20

New Century Version

Even if I were right, my own mouth would say I was wrong; if I were innocent, my mouth would say I was guilty.

Cross References

Job 1:1

A man named Job lived in the land of Uz. He was an honest and innocent man; he honored God and stayed away from evil.

Job 10:15

How terrible it will be for me if I am guilty! Even if I am right, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and experience only pain.

Job 14:17

My wrongs will be closed up in a bag, and you will cover up my sin.

Job 34:35

‘Job speaks without knowing what is true; his words show he does not understand.’

Job 35:16

So Job is only speaking nonsense, saying many words without knowing what is true.”

Job 4:17

It said, ‘Can a human be more right than God? Can a person be pure before his maker?

Job 9:15

Even if I were right, I could not answer him; I could only beg God, my Judge, for mercy.

Job 9:2

“Yes, I know that this is true, but how can anyone be right in the presence of God?

Job 9:28

I still dread all my suffering. I know you will hold me guilty.

Job 9:29

I have already been found guilty, so why should I struggle for no reason?

Psalm 130:3

Lord, if you punished people for all their sins, no one would be left, Lord.

Psalm 143:2

Don’t judge me, your servant, because no one alive is right before you.

Proverbs 10:19

If you talk a lot, you are sure to sin; if you are wise, you will keep quiet.

Proverbs 17:20

A person with an evil heart will find no success, and the person whose words are evil will get into trouble.

Isaiah 6:5

I said, “Oh, no! I will be destroyed. I am not pure, and I live among people who are not pure, but I have seen the King, the Lord All-Powerful.”

Luke 10:29

But the man, wanting to show the importance of his question, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

He said to them, “You make yourselves look good in front of people, but God knows what is really in your hearts. What is important to people is hateful in God’s sight.

1 Timothy 6:5

and constant quarrels from those who have evil minds and have lost the truth. They think that serving God is a way to get rich.

James 3:2

We all make many mistakes. If people never said anything wrong, they would be perfect and able to control their entire selves, too.