Proverbs 30:12

12There are those who are aclean in their own eyes
but are not washed of their filth.

Proverbs 30:20

20 This is the way of an adulteress:
she eats and wipes her mouth
and says, “I have done no wrong.”

Jeremiah 2:23

23 bHow can you say, ‘I am not unclean,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way cin the valley;
know what you have done
a restless young camel running here and there,

Jeremiah 2:35

35you say, ‘I am innocent;
surely his anger has turned from me.’
dBehold, I will bring you to judgment
for esaying, ‘I have not sinned.’

Malachi 2:17

The Messenger of the Lord

17 fYou have wearied the Lord with your words. gBut you say, “How have we wearied him?” hBy saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, i“Where is the God of justice?”

Malachi 3:13

13 j“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. kBut you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’

Luke 10:29

29But he, ldesiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

Luke 16:15

15And he said to them, You are those who mjustify yourselves before men, but nGod knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men ois an abomination in the sight of God.

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