Justified

Question 1

Hebrews 12:11 NIV

Answer 1

Hebrews 12:11 NIV
No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

Question 2

Isaiah 64:6 NIV

Answer 2

Isaiah 64:6 NIV
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

Question 3

Psalm 130:3 NIV

Answer 3

Psalm 130:3 NIV

If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

Question 4

1 Samuel 13:11-12 NIV

Answer 4

1 Samuel 13:11-12 NIV
“What have you done?” asked Samuel. Saul replied, “When I saw that the men were scattering, and that you did not come at the set time, and that the Philistines were assembling at Mikmash, [12] I thought, ‘Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the Lord’s favor. ‘ So I felt compelled to offer the burnt offering.”

Question 5

Genesis 3:11-13 NIV

Answer 5

Genesis 3:11-13 NIV
And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from? ” [12] The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” [13] Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Question 6

Proverbs 20:9

Answer 6

Proverbs 20:9 NIV

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”?

Question 7

Ecclesiastes 7:5 NIV

Answer 7

Ecclesiastes 7:5 NIV

It is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools.

Question 8

Job 40:4 NIV

Answer 8

Job 40:4 NIV

“I am unworthy—how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth.

Question 9

Luke 16:15 NIV

Answer 9

Luke 16:15 NIV
He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of others, but God knows your hearts. What people value highly is detestable in God’s sight.

Question 10

Romans 10:3 NIV

Answer 10

Romans 10:3 NIV
Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.

Question 11

Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV

Answer 11

Lamentations 3:22-23 NIV
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. [23] They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Question 12

1 Samuel 15:19-21 NIV

Answer 12

1 Samuel 15:19-21 NIV
[19] Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder and do evil in the eyes of the Lord?” [20] “But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said. “I went on the mission the Lord assigned me. I completely destroyed the Amalekites and brought back Agag their king. [21] The soldiers took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”

Question 13

1 John 1:8-10 NIV

Answer 13

1 John 1:8-10 NIV
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. [9] (but) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. [10] If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

Question 14

Proverbs 28:13 NIV

Answer 14

Proverbs 28:13 NIV

Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Question 15

Luke 19:20-22 NIV

Answer 15

Luke 19:20-22 NIV
“Then another servant came and said, ‘Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth. [21] I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.’ [22] “His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant!

Question 16

1 Peter 2:19-20 NIV

Answer 16

1 Peter 2:19-20 NIV
For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. [20] But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it?

Question 17

1 Peter 5:5 NIV

Answer 17

1 Peter 5:5 NIV
In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.”

Question 18

Psalm 32:5 NIV

Answer 18

Psalm 32:5 NIV
Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.

Question 19

Psalm 103:10-11 NIV

Answer 19

Psalm 103:10-11 NIV
he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. [11] For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him;

Question 20

Ecclesiastes 7:20 NIV

Answer 20

Ecclesiastes 7:20 NIV

Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins.

Question 21

Psalm 143:2 NIV

Answer 21

Psalm 143:2 NIV

Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.

Question 22

Proverbs 21:2 NIV

Answer 22

Proverbs 21:2 NIV

A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart.

Question 23

Isaiah 53:7 NIV

Answer 23

Isaiah 53:7 NIV
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

Question 24

Proverbs 1:5 NIV

Answer 24

Proverbs 1:5 NIV

let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance—

Question 25

1 Samuel 15:22-23 NIV

Answer 25

[22] But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams. [23] For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king.”

Question 26

Job 11:6 NIV

Answer 26

Job 11:6 NIV

Know this: God has even forgotten some of your (iniquity).

Question 27

Job 9:20 NIV

Answer 27

Job 9:20 NIV

Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would pronounce me guilty.

Question 28

Exodus 32:22-23 NIV

Answer 28

Exodus 32:22-23 NIV
“Do not be angry, my lord,” Aaron answered. “You know how prone these people are to evil. [23] They said to me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.’

Question 29

Romans 3:10,23 NIV

Answer 29

Romans 3:10,23 NIV

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; [23] for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Question 30

Ezra 9:13 NIV

Answer 30

Ezra 9:13 NIV
“What has happened to us is a result of our evil deeds and our great guilt, and yet, our God, you have punished us less than our (iniquities) deserved and have given us a remnant like this.

Question 31

Proverbs 9:8-9 NIV

Answer 31

Proverbs 9:8-9 NIV
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you. [9] Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

Question 32

Isaiah 64:6 NIV

Answer 32

Isaiah 64:6 NIV
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our iniquities sweep us away.

Question 33

Job 25:4-6 NIV

Answer 33

Job 25:4-6 NIV
How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? [5] If even the moon is not bright and the stars are not pure in his eyes, [6] how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—a human being, who is only a worm!”

Question 34

Proverbs 20:9 NIV

Answer 34

Proverbs 20:9 NIV

Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am clean and without sin”?

Question 35

Matthew 26:62-63 NIV

Answer 35

Matthew 26:62-63 NIV
Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, “Are you not going to answer? What is this testimony that these men are bringing against you?” [63] But Jesus remained silent.

Question 36

John 9:41 NIV

Answer 36

John 9:41 NIV

Jesus said, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains.

Question 37

Job 9:2-4 NIV

Answer 37

Job 9:2-4 NIV
“…how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God? [3] Though they wished to dispute with him, they could not answer him one time out of a thousand. [4] His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted (God) and come out unscathed?

Question 38

Isaiah 53:6 NIV

Answer 38

Isaiah 53:6 NIV
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Question 39

Romans 7:18 NIV

Answer 39

Romans 7:18 NIV

For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature…

Question 40

Proud

Answer 40

showing one’s self above others; having an overweening estimate of one’s means or merits, despising others or even treating them with contempt, haughty

Question 41

1 Peter 2:21 NIV

Answer 41

1 Peter 2:21 NIV
[21] To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.

Question 42

1 Peter 2:22-23

Answer 42

1 Peter 2:22-23
[22] “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” [23] When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.