you say, ‘I am innocent; surely his anger has turned from me.’ Behold, I will bring you to judgment for saying, ‘I have not sinned.’
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died.
The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, declares the Lord.’
“Why do you contend with me? You have all transgressed against me, declares the Lord.
How can you say, ‘I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals’? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done— a restless young camel running here and there,
“Therefore I still contend with you, declares the Lord, and with your children's children I will contend.
‘Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?’ Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.
You say, ‘I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.
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