Job 4:17-19
4:17 “Is a mortal man righteous before God?
Or a man pure before his Creator?
4:18 If God puts no trust in his servants
and attributes folly to his angels,
4:19 how much more to those who live in houses of clay,
whose foundation is in the dust,
who are crushed like a moth?
Job 9:2
9:2 “Truly, I know that this is so.
But how can a human be just before God?
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.
Romans 3:19-20
3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
3:20 For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Romans 5:1
The Expectation of Justification
5:1 Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,