Romans 7:18
For I know that nothing good has its home in me; that is, in my lower self; I have the will but not the power to do what is right.
Romans 7:24
Wretched man that I am! Who can save me from this deadly lower nature?
Ephesians 2:1-2
You too were dead because of the shortcomings and sins
Philippians 3:9
and be actually in union with Him, not having a supposed right standing with God which depends on my doing what the law commands, but one that comes through faith in Christ, the real right standing with God which originates from Him and rests on faith.
Titus 3:3
For once we too were without understanding, disobedient, misled, habitual slaves to all sorts of passions and pleasures, spending our lives in malice and envy.
James 1:10-11
and the rich brother rejoice in his being on a level with the poor, because the rich will fade away like the flower of the grass.
1 Peter 1:24-25
For "All human life is just like grass, and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass dries up; the flowers drop off.
Revelation 3:17-18
Because you say, 'I am rich, I have already become rich, I need nothing,' and you do not know that you are the very one that is wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked;
Revelation 7:13
Then one of the elders addressed me and said, "Who are these people clothed in white robes, and where did they come from?"