What the Bible says about: Depravity
Genesis 6:5-8 |
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil |
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. | |
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. | |
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. | |
Genesis 6:11-13 | The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. |
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. | |
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them |
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Genesis 8:21 |
And the LORD smelled |
Job 4:17-19 | Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? |
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: | |
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? | |
Job 9:2-3 |
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just |
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. | |
Job 9:20 | If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. |
Psalms 5:9 |
For there is no |
Psalms 14:1-3 | The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. |
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. | |
They are all gone aside, they are all together become |
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Psalms 51:5 |
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother |
Psalms 53:1-3 | The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. |
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. | |
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. | |
Psalms 58:1-5 | Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? |
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. | |
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray |
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Their poison is |
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Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, |
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Psalms 94:11 | The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. |
Psalms 130:3 | If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? |
Psalms 143:2 | And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. |
Proverbs 10:20 | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
Proverbs 20:6 |
Most men will proclaim every one his own |
Proverbs 20:9 | Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
Isaiah 42:6-7 | I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; |
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. |
Genesis 6:5-8 |
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil |
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. |
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. |
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. |
Genesis 6:11-13 |
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. |
And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. |
And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them |
Genesis 8:21 |
And the LORD smelled |
Job 4:17-19 |
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? |
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: |
How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? |
Job 9:2-3 |
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just |
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. |
Job 9:20 |
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. |
Psalms 5:9 |
For there is no |
Psalms 14:1-3 |
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. |
The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. |
They are all gone aside, they are all together become |
Psalms 51:5 |
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and in sin did my mother |
Psalms 53:1-3 |
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. |
God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. |
Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. |
Psalms 58:1-5 |
Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? |
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. |
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray |
Their poison is |
Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, |
Psalms 94:11 |
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. |
Psalms 130:3 |
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? |
Psalms 143:2 |
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. |
Proverbs 10:20 |
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
Proverbs 20:6 |
Most men will proclaim every one his own |
Proverbs 20:9 |
Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
Isaiah 42:6-7 |
I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; |
To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. |