Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
Are all
Our iniquities
General references
Bible References
Are all
Isaiah 6:5
And I said: "Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!"
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned--every one--to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Job 14:4
Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.
Job 15:14
What is man, that he can be pure? Or he who is born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
Job 25:4
How then can man be in the right before God? How can he who is born of woman be pure?
Job 40:4
"Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
Job 42:5
I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you;
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Romans 7:18
For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
Titus 3:3
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
All our
Isaiah 57:12
I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, but they will not profit you.
Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.
Philippians 3:9
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith--
Revelation 3:17
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
Revelation 7:13
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, "Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?"
We all
Isaiah 40:6
A voice says, "Cry!" And I said, "What shall I cry?" All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
Psalm 90:5
You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
James 1:10
and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away.
1 Peter 1:24
for "All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls,
Our iniquities
Isaiah 57:13
When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you! The wind will carry them off, a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land and shall inherit my holy mountain.
Psalm 1:4
The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
Jeremiah 4:11
At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,
Hosea 4:19
A wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Zechariah 5:8
And he said, "This is Wickedness." And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening.
General references
Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments.
Luke 17:10
So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"