Job 9:20

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Job 1:1

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

Job 10:15

If I am wicked, woe to me; Even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; See my misery!

Job 14:17

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You cover my iniquity.

Job 34:35

‘Job speaks without knowledge, His words are 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

For though I were righteous, I could not answer Him; I would beg mercy of my Judge.

Job 9:2

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

Job 9:28

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

Job 9:29

If I am condemned, Why then do I labor in vain?

Psalm 130:3

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

Psalm 143:2

Do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no one living is righteous.

Proverbs 10:19

In the multitude of words sin is not lacking, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.

Isaiah 6:5

So 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, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

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

1 Timothy 6:5

useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself.

James 3:2

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.