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.’

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.

Job 33:9

‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

Isaiah 58:3

‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire,
And drive hard all your workers.

Jeremiah 2:9

“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” declares the Lord,
“And with your sons’ sons I will contend.

Jeremiah 2:23

How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way in the valley!
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel entangling her ways,

Jeremiah 2:29

“Why do you contend with Me?
You have all transgressed against Me,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:31

‘A clamor has come to the end of the earth,
Because the Lord has a controversy with the nations.
He is entering into judgment with all flesh;
As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,’ declares the Lord.”

Romans 7:9

I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

1 John 1:8-10

If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

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Summary

Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.

General references

Bible References

Because

Jeremiah 2:23
How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,
I have not gone after the Baals’?
Look at your way in the valley!
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel entangling her ways,
Job 33:9
‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.
Proverbs 28:13
He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper,
But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.
Isaiah 58:3
‘Why have we fasted and You do not see?
Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?’
Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire,
And drive hard all your workers.
Romans 7:9
I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died;

I will

Jeremiah 2:9
“Therefore I will yet contend with you,” declares the Lord,
“And with your sons’ sons I will contend.
1 John 1:8
If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.

General references

Job 9:29
“I am accounted wicked,
Why then should I toil in vain?