21 Bible Verses about Moral Decay

For the creation was subjected to futility -- not willingly but because of God who subjected it -- in hope

A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

Before he could reply I asked again, "What are these two extensions of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?"

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents,read more.
senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless. Although they fully know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them.

A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones.

I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, and you will know that I am the Lord.

You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.

"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people.

I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets."

Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather.

Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.

The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God's children.

Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved.

For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal.

In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.

For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.