Job 9:29

Since I will be found guilty,
why should I labor in vain?

Job 9:22

It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”

Job 10:2

I will say to God:
“Do not declare me guilty!
Let me know why You prosecute me.

Job 10:7

even though You know that I am not wicked
and that there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?

Job 10:14-17

if I sin, You would notice,
and would not acquit me of my wrongdoing.

Job 21:16-17

But their prosperity is not of their own doing.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

Job 21:27

I know your thoughts very well,
the schemes you would wrong me with.

Job 22:5-30

Isn’t your wickedness abundant
and aren’t your iniquities endless?

Psalm 37:33

the Lord will not leave him
in the power of the wicked one
or allow him to be condemned when he is judged.

Psalm 73:13

Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?

Jeremiah 2:35

you claim, “I am innocent.
His anger is sure to turn away from me.”
But I will certainly judge you
because you have said, “I have not sinned.”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

Bible References

General references

Job 9:22
It is all the same. Therefore I say,
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”
Job 10:7
even though You know that I am not wicked
and that there is no one who can deliver from Your hand?
Job 21:16
But their prosperity is not of their own doing.
The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
Job 22:5
Isn’t your wickedness abundant
and aren’t your iniquities endless?
Psalm 73:13
Did I purify my heart
and wash my hands in innocence for nothing?
Jeremiah 2:35
you claim, “I am innocent.
His anger is sure to turn away from me.”
But I will certainly judge you
because you have said, “I have not sinned.”

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