Psalm 143:2

New International Reader's Version

Don’t take me to court and judge me, because in your eyes no living person does what is right.

Cross References

1 Kings 8:46

“Suppose your people sin against you. After all, there isn’t anyone who doesn’t sin. And suppose you get angry with them. You hand them over to their enemies. They take them as prisoners to their own lands. It doesn’t matter whether those lands are near or far away.

Job 14:3

“God, do you even notice them? Will you let them appear in your court?

Job 15:14

“Can human beings really be pure? Can those who are born really be right with God?

Job 25:4

How can human beings be right with God? How can mere people really be pure?

Job 4:17

It said, ‘Can a human being be more right than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than the God who made him?

Psalm 130:3

Lord, suppose you kept a close watch on sins. Lord, who then wouldn’t be found guilty?

Exodus 34:7

I continue to show my love to thousands of people. I forgive those who do evil. I forgive those who refuse to obey me. And I forgive those who sin. But I do not let guilty people go without punishing them. I cause the sins of the parents to affect their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.”

Ecclesiastes 7:20

It is true that there isn’t anyone on earth who does only what is right and never sins.

Romans 3:20

So no one will be considered right with God by obeying the law. Instead, the law makes us more aware of our sin.

Galatians 2:16

Here is what we know. No one is made right with God by obeying the law. It is by believing in Jesus Christ. So we too have put our faith in Christ Jesus. This is so we can be made right with God by believing in Christ. We are not made right by obeying the law. That’s because no one can be made right with God by obeying the law.

1 John 1:10

If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar. His word is not in us.