Job 25:4

25:4 How then can a human being be righteous before God?

How can one born of a woman be pure?

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.

James 2:20-26

2:20 But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless? 2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 2:22 You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works. 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. 2:24 You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. 2:25 And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way? 2:26 For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.