Ecclesiastes 7:10
Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these days?" for it is not wise to ask that.
Genesis 6:11-12
The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence.
Judges 6:13
Gideon said to him, "Pardon me, but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, 'Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian."
Psalm 14:2-3
The Lord looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God.
Isaiah 50:1
This is what the Lord says: "Where is your mother's divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.
Jeremiah 44:17-19
Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
Romans 1:22-32
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
Romans 3:9-19
What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin,