1 Samuel 15:13
15:13 When Samuel came to him,
Saul said to him, “May the
Lord bless you! I have done what the
Lord said.”
Job 33:9
33:9 ‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am clean and have no iniquity.
Job 34:5
34:5 For Job says, ‘I am innocent,
but God turns away my right.
Job 35:2
35:2 “Do you think this to be just:
when you say, ‘My right before God.’
Job 40:8
40:8 Would you indeed annul my justice?
Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?
Matthew 19:20
19:20 The young man said to him, “I have wholeheartedly obeyed
all these laws.
What do I still lack?”
Luke 10:29
10:29 But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
Luke 18:11
18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this:
‘God, I thank
you that I am not like other people:
extortionists,
unrighteous people,
adulterers – or even like this tax collector.
Romans 10:3
10:3 For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.