Because the sinner praises himself for the desires of his heart; and the unjust one blesses himself.

For his soul shall be blessed in his life; he shall give thanks to you when you do well to him.

And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with [him]:

How will you say, I am not polluted, and have not gone after Baal? Behold your ways in the burial ground, and know what you have done: her voice has howled in the evening;

and in your hands have been found the blood of innocent souls; I have not found them in holes, but on every oak.

Yet you said, I am innocent: only let His wrath be turned away from me. Behold, I [will] plead with you, in that you say, I have not sinned.

The heart is deep beyond all things, and it constitutes the man, and who can know him?

[As for] Canaan, in his hand is a balance of unrighteousness: he has loved to tyrannize.

And Ephraim said, Nevertheless I am rich, I have found refreshment for myself. None of his labors shall be found [available] to him, by reason of the sins which he has committed.

But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"

Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and they were mocking Him.

And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. Because that which is exalted among men is an abomination before God.

For I was alive apart from the law once, but when the commandment came, sin revived, but I died.

For they, being ignorant of the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

And the Lord sent you on a journey, and said to you, Go, and utterly destroy: you shall slay the sinners against Me, even the Amalekites; and you shall war against them until you have consumed them.

And Saul said to Samuel, Because I listened to the voice of the people. Yet I went the way by which the Lord sent me, and I brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I destroyed Amalek.

And Samuel said, Does the Lord take [as great] pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in hearing the words of the Lord? Behold, obedience is better than a good sacrifice, and hearkening than the fat of rams.

And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, in that I have transgressed the word of the Lord and your direction; for I feared the people, and I listened to their voice.

So Saul died for his transgressions, wherein he transgressed against God, against the word of the Lord, forasmuch as he kept [it] not, because Saul inquired of a wizard to seek [counse]l, and Samuel the prophet answered him;

and he sought not the Lord. Therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

What then? Are we [any] better? Not at all. For we previously charged both Jews and Greeks that they are all under sin.