Job 9:21


“[Though] I am blameless,
I do not care about myself;
I despise my life.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God [with reverence] and abstained from and turned away from evil [because he honored God].

Job 7:15-16


So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.

Job 7:21


“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my sin and guilt?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me [diligently], but I will not be.”

Psalm 139:23-24


Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;

Proverbs 28:26


He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool,
But he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued.

Jeremiah 17:9-10


“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is extremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?

1 Corinthians 4:4

I am aware of nothing against myself and I feel blameless, but I am not by this acquitted [before God]. It is the Lord who judges me.

1 John 3:20

whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands].

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

I would

Bible References

Yet would

Psalm 139:23

Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart;
Test me and know my anxious thoughts;
Proverbs 28:26

He who trusts confidently in his own heart is a [dull, thickheaded] fool,
But he who walks in [skillful and godly] wisdom will be rescued.
Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is extremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
1 Corinthians 4:4
I am aware of nothing against myself and I feel blameless, but I am not by this acquitted [before God]. It is the Lord who judges me.
1 John 3:20
whenever our heart convicts us [in guilt]; for God is greater than our heart and He knows all things [nothing is hidden from Him because we are in His hands].

I would

Job 7:15

So that I would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pain.