John 8:9

Convicted by conscience, the accusers left one by one, oldest first, until Jesus was left alone with the woman. His words pierced their pretense of righteousness.

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• Rom 2:15in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
• Eccl 7:22for often your own heart knows that you yourself have likewise cursed others.
• 1 Jn 3:20because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
• Gen 42:21–22They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
• Ps 71:13Let my accusers be disappointed and consumed. Let them be covered with disgrace and scorn who want to harm me.
• Job 5:12–13He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can’t perform their enterprise.
• Rom 2:22You who say a man shouldn’t commit adultery. Do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
• John 8:10Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
• Job 20:27The heavens shall reveal his iniquity. The earth shall rise up against him.
• Luke 13:17As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
• John 8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• Ps 40:14Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.
• Luke 12:1–3Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• 1 Kgs 17:18She said to Elijah, “What have I to do with you, you man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to memory, and to kill my son!”
• Ps 50:21You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
• Ps 9:15–16The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made. In the net which they hid, their own foot is taken.
• Job 20:5that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?
• 1 Kgs 2:44The king said moreover to Shimei, “You know in your heart all the wickedness that you did to David my father. Therefore Yahweh will return your wickedness on your own head.
• Mark 6:14–16King Herod heard this, for his name had become known, and he said, “John the Baptizer has risen from the dead, and therefore these powers are at work in him.”
• John 8:2Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down, and taught them.

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