Bible Verses About Depravity of Man

Every one of them is unclean, altogether corrupt; not one of them does what is good, not a single one.

For the leader. Set to "Do Not Destroy." By David, a mikhtam: [Rulers,] does your silence really speak justice? Are you judging people fairly?

[No!] In your hearts you devise wrongs, your hands dispense violence in the land.

From the womb, the wicked are estranged, liars on the wrong path since birth.

Their venom is like snake's venom; they are like a serpent that stops its ears,

so as not to hear the voice of the charmer, no matter how well he plays.

"Where should I strike you next, as you persist in rebelling? The whole head is sick, the whole heart diseased.

From the sole of the foot to the head there is nothing healthy, only wounds, bruises and festering sores that haven't been dressed or bandaged or softened up with oil.

"I, ADONAI, called you righteously, I took hold of you by the hand, I shaped you and made you a covenant for the people, to be a light for the Goyim,

so that you can open blind eyes, free the prisoners from confinement, those living in darkness from the dungeon.

Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your uncleanness and from all your idols.

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit inside you; I will take the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.

With the hand of ADONAI upon me, ADONAI carried me out by his Spirit and set me down in the middle of the valley, and it was full of bones.

He had me pass by all around them - there were so many bones lying in the valley, and they were so dry!

He asked me, "Human being, can these bones live?" I answered, "Adonai ELOHIM! Only you know that!"

The godly have been destroyed from the land, there is no one upright among humankind. They all lie in wait for blood, each hunts his brother with a net.

Their hands do evil well. The prince makes his request, the judge grants it for a price, and the great man expresses his evil desires - thus they weave it together.

The best of them is a briar, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. The time of your watchmen - of your punishment - has come; now they will be confused.

You snakes! How can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what overflows from the heart.

The good person brings forth good things from his store of good, and the evil person brings forth evil things from his store of evil.

For from within, out of a person's heart, come forth wicked thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

greed, malice, deceit, indecency, envy, slander, arrogance, foolishness...

All these wicked things come from within, and they make a person unclean."

He was in the world — the world came to be through him — yet the world did not know him.

He came to his own homeland, yet his own people did not receive him.