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 one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.’
Job 10:7
‘According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.
Job 21:16
“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 22:5
“Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquities without end?
Psalm 73:13
Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;
Jeremiah 2:35
Yet you said, ‘I am innocent;
Surely His anger is turned away from me.’
Behold, I will enter into judgment with you
Because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’