- righteous:
- "Behold,¹ he taketh away,ª° who¹ can hinderª° him? who¹ will sayª° unto¹ him, What¹ doestª° thou?" {Job 9:12} + "Whom,¹ though¹ I were righteous,ª° [yet] would I not¹ answer,ª° [but] I would make supplicationª° to my judge.ª°" {Job 9:15} + "If¹ I justifyª° myself, mine own mouthª shall condemnª° me: [if I say], I¹ [am] perfect,ª it shall also prove me perverse.ª° ... [Though] I¹ [were] perfect,ª [yet] would I not¹ knowª° my soul:ª I would despiseª° my life.ª" {Job 9:20-21} + "Thou meetestª°¹ him that rejoicethª° and workethª° righteousness,ª [those that] rememberª° thee in thy ways:ª behold,¹ thou¹ art wroth;ª° for we have sinned:ª° in those is continuance,ª and we shall be saved.ª° ... But we are¹ all¹ as an uncleanª [thing], and all¹ our righteousnessesª [are] as filthyª rags;ª and we all¹ do fadeª°°²° as a leaf;ª and our iniquities,ª like the wind,ª have taken us away.ª°" {Isa 64:5-6} + "So² likewiseª¹ ye,ª whenª ye shall have doneª° allª those things which are commandedª° you,ª say,ª°² We areª° unprofitableª servants:ª² we¹ have doneª° that whichª was our dutyª° to do.ª°" {Lke 17:10}
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