Job 9:2
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2 I know well that it is so;
but how can anyone be in the right before God?
Psalm 143:2
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2 Do not enter into judgment with your servant;
before you no one can be just.(A)
Proverbs 25:6
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6 [a]Claim no honor in the king’s presence,
nor occupy the place of superiors;
Footnotes
- 25:6–7 An admonition with a practical motive for putting the teaching into practice. Pragmatic shrewdness suggests that we not promote ourselves but let others do it for us. See Lk 14:7–11.
1 Corinthians 4:4
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4 I am not conscious of anything against me, but I do not thereby stand acquitted; the one who judges me is the Lord.(A)
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