14 Bible Verses about Depravity Of Man

since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God,

I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].

For from within, [that is] out the heart of men, come base and malevolent thoughts and schemes, acts of sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries,

For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [live as those who are native-born to the Light]

“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is extremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?

Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.

For the sinful nature has its desire which is opposed to the Spirit, and the [desire of the] Spirit opposes the sinful nature; for these [two, the sinful nature and the Spirit] are in direct opposition to each other [continually in conflict], so that you [as believers] do not [always] do whatever [good things] you want to do.

The Lord saw that the wickedness (depravity) of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination or intent of the thoughts of his heart were only evil continually.

Well then, are we [Jews] better off than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles) are under the control of sin and subject to its power. As it is written and forever remains written,

“There is none righteous [none that meets God’s standard], not even one.

“There is none who understands,
There is none who seeks for God.
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“All have turned aside, together they have become useless;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”

“Their throat is an open grave;
They [habitually] deceive with their tongues.”
“The venom of asps is beneath their lips.”

“Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”

“Their feet are swift to shed blood,

Destruction and misery are in their paths,

And they have not known the path of peace.”

“There is no fear of God [and His awesome power] before their eyes.” Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment].

To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to His natural descent, came the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), He who is exalted and supreme over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

Yet they would not listen and obey and control their behavior; but they were stiff-necked in order not to hear and take instruction.

They have eyes full of adultery, constantly looking for sin, enticing and luring away unstable souls. Having hearts trained in greed, [they are] children of a curse.

This is the judgment [that is, the cause for indictment, the test by which people are judged, the basis for the sentence]: the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

To the pure, all things are pure; but to the corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure; both their mind and their conscience are corrupted. They profess to know God [to recognize and be acquainted with Him], but by their actions they deny and disown Him. They are detestable and disobedient and worthless for good work of any kind.