5 Bible Verses about Spiritual Destitution

"Those persons who feel a deep sense of their personal need are blessed because the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.

And when he had spent everything [he had], a severe famine occurred in that country and he became desperate for food.

[Remember] that you were at that time without Christ; [you were] excluded from citizenship in the nation of Israel; [you were] foreigners regarding the Agreements of [God's] promises. You had no hope and were without God in the world.

[and] continual wranglings between people with corrupt minds, who are deprived of the truth. They think that [professing] godliness is a way to obtain [financial] gain.

For you are saying, 'I am wealthy; I have made plenty of money and do not need anything.' But you do not know that you are [spiritually] wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.