Psalms 36:2

2 aFor he flatters himself in his own eyes
that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.

Psalms 50:16-21

16 But to the wicked God says:
What right have you to recite my statutes
or take my covenant on your lips?
17 bFor you hate discipline,
cand you cast my words behind you.
18If you see a thief, dyou are pleased with him,
eand you keep company with adulterers.
19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil,
fand your tongue frames deceit.
20You sit and speak against your brother;
you slander your own mother’s son.
21These things you have done, and I ghave been silent;
you thought that I
Or  that the I am
was one like yourself.
But now I irebuke you and jlay the charge before you.

Jeremiah 2:18-19

18 kAnd now what do you gain by going to Egypt
to drink the waters of lthe Nile?
mOr what do you gain by going to Assyria
to drink the waters of nthe Euphrates?
Hebrew  the River

19 pYour evil will chastise you,
and qyour apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and rbitter
for syou to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,

declares the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 2:22-23

22Though you wash yourself with lye
and use much soap,
tthe stain of your guilt is still before me,

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

Jeremiah 2:34-37

34Also on your skirts is found
wthe lifeblood of the guiltless poor;
you did not find them xbreaking in.
Yet in spite of all these things
35you say, ‘I am innocent;
surely his anger has turned from me.’
yBehold, I will bring you to judgment
for zsaying, ‘I have not sinned.’
36 aaHow much you go about,
changing your way!
You shall be abput to shame by Egypt
as you were put to shame by Assyria.
37From it too you will come away
with acyour hands on your head,
for the Lord has rejected those in whom you trust,
and you will not prosper by them.

Malachi 3:13-15

13 ad“Your words have been hard against me, says the Lord. aeBut you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ 14You have said, af‘It is vain to serve God. agWhat is the profit of our keeping his charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? 15And now we call ahthe arrogant blessed. aiEvildoers not only prosper but ajthey put God to the test and they escape.’”

Luke 19:22

22He said to him, ak‘I will condemn you with your own words, alyou wicked servant! You knew that I was ama severe man, taking what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
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