We are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, stained with the flux of a woman: we fall every and each one as the leaf, for our sins carry us away like the wind.

As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass.

I have given diligent ear unto thee, and now I see thee with mine eyes.

Who can make it clean, that cometh from an unclean thing? Nobody.

Then I said, "O woe is me! For I am lost: inasmuch as I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell among people that hath unclean lips also. For mine eyes have seen the King and LORD of Hosts."

The same voice spake, "Now cry." And I said, "What shall I cry?" Then spake it, "That all flesh is grass, and that all the beauty thereof, is as the flower of the field.

For I know that in me, that is to say, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. To will is present with me: but I find no means to perform that which is good.

O wretched man that I am: who shall deliver me from this body of death?

And you hath he quickened also, that were dead in trespass and sin:

What is man, that he should be clean? What hath he, which is born of a woman, whereby he might be known to be righteous?

But how may a man compared unto God be justified? Or, how can he be clean, that is born of a woman?

"Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth.

As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.

Behold, I was born in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.

Hear me, O ye that are of a high stomach, but far from righteousness:

Hear this, O thou house of Jacob; ye that are called by the name of Israel, and are come out of one stock with Judah; which swear by the name of the LORD, and bear witness by the God of Israel - but not with truth and right.

And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all.

Yea, verily, I will declare thy goodness and thy works, but they shall not profit thee.

Then shall it be said to the people and to Jerusalem, "A strong wind in the high places of the wilderness cometh through the way of my people; but neither to fan nor to cleanse.

A wind shall take hold of their feathers, and they shall be confounded in their offerings.

Now Joshua was clothed in unclean raiment, and stood before the angel:

And he said, 'This is ungodliness.' So he cast her into the midst of the measure, and threw the lump of lead up in to a hole.

and might be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law: But that which springeth of the faith which is in Christ. I mean, the righteousness which cometh of God through faith

For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another.

and the rich in that he is made low. For even as the flower of the grass shall he vanish away.

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass; the grass is withered, and the flower falleth away,

because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked.

And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, "What are these which are arrayed in long white garments, and whence came they?"

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But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

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Then I said, "O woe is me! For I am lost: inasmuch as I am a man of unclean lips, and dwell among people that hath unclean lips also. For mine eyes have seen the King and LORD of Hosts."
And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all.
Who can make it clean, that cometh from an unclean thing? Nobody.
What is man, that he should be clean? What hath he, which is born of a woman, whereby he might be known to be righteous?
But how may a man compared unto God be justified? Or, how can he be clean, that is born of a woman?
"Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth.
I have given diligent ear unto thee, and now I see thee with mine eyes.
Behold, I was born in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.
For I know that in me, that is to say, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. To will is present with me: but I find no means to perform that which is good.
And you hath he quickened also, that were dead in trespass and sin:
For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another.

All our

Yea, verily, I will declare thy goodness and thy works, but they shall not profit thee.
Now Joshua was clothed in unclean raiment, and stood before the angel:
and might be found in him, not having mine own righteousness which is of the law: But that which springeth of the faith which is in Christ. I mean, the righteousness which cometh of God through faith
because thou sayest thou art rich and increased with goods, and hast need of nothing, and knowest not how thou art wretched and miserable, poor, blind, and naked.
And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, "What are these which are arrayed in long white garments, and whence came they?"

We all

The same voice spake, "Now cry." And I said, "What shall I cry?" Then spake it, "That all flesh is grass, and that all the beauty thereof, is as the flower of the field.
As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass.
and the rich in that he is made low. For even as the flower of the grass shall he vanish away.
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man is as the flower of grass; the grass is withered, and the flower falleth away,

Our iniquities

When thou cryest, let thy chosen heap deliver thee. But the wind shall take them all away, and carry them into the air. Nevertheless, they that put their trust in me, shall inherit the land, and have my holy hill in possession.
As for the ungodly, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which the wind scattereth away from the face of the earth.
Then shall it be said to the people and to Jerusalem, "A strong wind in the high places of the wilderness cometh through the way of my people; but neither to fan nor to cleanse.
A wind shall take hold of their feathers, and they shall be confounded in their offerings.
And he said, 'This is ungodliness.' So he cast her into the midst of the measure, and threw the lump of lead up in to a hole.

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Now Joshua was clothed in unclean raiment, and stood before the angel:
So likewise ye, when ye have done all those things which are commanded unto you, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done that which was our duty to do.'"
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