Bible Verses About Godlessness

'Can papyrus grow except in a marsh? Can swamp grass flourish without water?

While still green, before being cut down, it dries up faster than any other plant.

Such are the paths of all who forget God; the hope of a hypocrite will perish -

From heaven ADONAI observes humankind to see if anyone has understanding, if anyone seeks God.

But all turn aside, all alike are corrupt; no one does what is right, not a single one.

God looks out from heaven upon the human race to see if even one is wise, if even one seeks God.

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

"Woe to the rebellious children," says ADONAI. "They make plans, but the plans are not mine; they develop alliances, but not from my Spirit, in order to pile sin upon sin.

They go down to Egypt but don't consult me, seeking refuge in Pharaoh's protection, seeking shelter in Egypt's shadow.

For this is a rebellious people; they are lying children, children who refuse to hear the Torah of ADONAI.

They say to the seers, "Do not see!" to those who have visions, "Do not tell us the visions you have as they really are; but flatter us, fabricate illusions!

Get out of the way! Leave the path! Rid us of the Holy One of Isra'el!"

Therefore here is what the Holy One of Isra'el says: "Because you reject this word, trust in extortion and rely on deceit,

this sin will become for you a crack bulging out high on a wall, showing signs it is ready to fall; then suddenly, all at once, it breaks."

They never say to themselves that I remember all their evil. Now their own deeds surround them; they are right in front of me.

They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the leaders with their lies.

They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by the baker, who doesn't stoke the fire from kneading time till the dough has risen.

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

If I had not done in their presence works which no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of sin; but now, they have seen them and have hated both me and my Father.

But this has happened in order to fulfill the words in their Torah which read, ‘They hated me for no reason at all.’

because, although they know who God is, they do not glorify him as God or thank him. On the contrary, they have become futile in their thinking; and their undiscerning hearts have become darkened.

Claiming to be wise, they have become fools!

Having one’s mind controlled by the old nature is death, but having one’s mind controlled by the Spirit is life and shalom.

For the mind controlled by the old nature is hostile to God, because it does not submit itself to God’s Torah — indeed, it cannot.

Thus, those who identify with their old nature cannot please God.