21 Bible Verses about Moral Decay

for to vanity was the creation made subject -- not of its will, but because of Him who did subject it -- in hope,

A healed heart is life to the flesh, And rottenness to the bones is envy.

for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;

wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

And I answer a second time, and say unto him, 'What are the two branches of the olive trees that, by means of the two golden pipes, are emptying out of themselves the oil?'

And, according as they did not approve of having God in knowledge, God gave them up to a disapproved mind, to do the things not seemly; having been filled with all unrighteousness, whoredom, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers, evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,read more.
unintelligent, faithless, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful; who the righteous judgment of God having known -- that those practising such things are worthy of death -- not only do them, but also have delight with those practising them.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones is one causing shame.

And I have broken down the wall that ye daubed with chalk, And have caused it to come unto the earth, And revealed hath been its foundation, And it hath fallen, And ye have been consumed in its midst, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.

ye are to put off concerning the former behaviour the old man, that is corrupt according to the desires of the deceit,

because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

'Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

for wherever the carcase may be, there shall the eagles be gathered together.

And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

Already, indeed, then, there is altogether a fault among you, that ye have judgments with one another; wherefore do ye not rather suffer injustice? wherefore be ye not rather defrauded?

that also the creation itself shall be set free from the servitude of the corruption to the liberty of the glory of the children of God;

liberty to them promising, themselves being servants of the corruption, for by whom any one hath been overcome, to this one also he hath been brought to servitude,

To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

'Treasure not up to yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust disfigure, and where thieves break through and steal,

so every good tree doth yield good fruits, but the bad tree doth yield evil fruits.

To the Overseer. -- 'On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.