Psalm 143:1-2 Part 2 of 2

Hear my prayer, O LORD;

    listen to my plea!

    Answer me because you are faithful and righteous.

Don't put your servant on trial,

    for no one is innocent before you.     

 

Don't put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.

Job 14:3

"Must you keep your eye on such a frail creature

    and demand an accounting from me?"  (see all Job 14)

Job 22:4-5  

"Is it because you're so pious that he accuses you

    and brings judgment against you?

No, it's because of your wickedness!

    There's no limit to your sins."  (Eliphaz the Temanite speaking)

    (see all Job 22)

Psalm 14:1-3  

Only fools say in their hearts,

    "There is no God."

They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;

    not one of them does good!

The LORD looks down from heaven

    on the entire human race;

he looks to see if anyone is truly wise,

    if anyone seeks God.

But no, all have turned away;

    all have become corrupt.

No one does good,

    not a single one!  (see all Psalm 14, also see Romans 3)

1 Samuel 8:1-3  

    As Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons to be judges over Israel. Joel and Abijah, his oldest sons, held court in Beersheba. But they were not like their father, for they were greedy for money. They accepted bribes and perverted justice.  (see all 1 Samuel 8)

1 Kings 8:46  

    "If they sin against you--and who has never sinned?--you might become angry and let their enemies conquer them and take them captive to their land far away or near."  (see 1 Kings 8:22-53)

Ecclesiastes 7:20  

    Not a single person on earth is always good and never sins.  

    (see Ecclesiastes 7:15-29)

1 Timothy 5:15  

For I am afraid that some of them have already gone astray and now follow Satan.  (see 1 Timothy 5:3-16)

1 Peter 2:7  

But God also rescued Lot out of Sodom because he was a righteous man who was sick of the shameful immorality of the wicked people around him.  

(see all 1 Peter 2) 

  

(parentheses are mine)

 

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