Job 15:14-16
15:14 What is man that he should be pure,
or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
15:15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
15:16 how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt,
who drinks in evil like water!
Psalms 130:3
130:3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins,
O Lord, who could stand before you?
Psalms 143:2
143:2 Do not sit in judgment on your servant,
for no one alive is innocent before you.
Proverbs 20:9
20:9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart clean;
I am pure from my sin”?
Ecclesiastes 7:20
7:20 For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth
who continually does good and never sins.
James 3:2
3:2 For we all stumble
in many ways. If someone does not stumble
in what he says,
he is a perfect individual,
able to control the entire body as well.
James 3:1
The Power of the Tongue
3:1 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly.
James 1:8-10
1:8 since he is a double-minded individual,
unstable in all his ways.
1:9 Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.
1:10 But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.