Proverbs 20:9
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9 Who can say, “I have made my heart clean;
I am pure from my sin”?(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:20
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20 Surely there is no one on earth so righteous as to do good without ever sinning.(A)
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1 John 1:8-10
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8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(A) 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.(B)
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1 Kings 8:46
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46 “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near,(A)
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Job 14:4
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4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?
No one can.(A)
James 3:2
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2 For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is mature,[a] able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle.(A)
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1 Corinthians 4:4
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4 I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.
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Job 25:4
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4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?(A)
Job 15:14
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14 What are mortals, that they can be clean?
Or those born of woman, that they can be righteous?(A)
Psalm 51:5
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5 Indeed, I was born guilty,
a sinner when my mother conceived me.(A)
2 Chronicles 6:36
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36 “If they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you are angry with them and give them to an enemy, so that they are carried away captive to a land far off or near,(A)
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