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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.

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Are all

Isaiah 6:5
"How terrible it will be for me!" I cried, "because I am ruined! I'm a man with unclean lips, and I live among a people with unclean lips! And my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies!"
Isaiah 53:6
All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned, each of us, to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Job 14:4
Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean thing? No one!
Job 15:14
"What is mankind, that he can be blameless? Or does being born of a woman mean he'll be in the right?
Job 25:4
How can a human being become right with God? How can a human being be pure?
Job 40:4
"I must look insignificant to you! How can I answer you? I'm speechless.
Job 42:5
I've heard you with my ears; and now I've seen you with my eyes.
Psalm 51:5
Indeed, in iniquity I was brought forth; in sin my mother conceived me.
Romans 7:18
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but I cannot carry it out.
Ephesians 2:1
You used to be dead because of your offenses and sins
Titus 3:3
After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.

All our

Isaiah 57:12
"I will denounce your righteousness and your works, for your collections of idols will not benefit you.
Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood in the presence of the angel.
Philippians 3:9
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the Law, but one that comes through the faithfulness of the Messiah, the righteousness that comes from God and that depends on faith.
Revelation 3:17
You say, "I am rich. I have become wealthy. I don't need anything." Yet you don't realize that you are miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.
Revelation 7:13
"Who are these people wearing white robes," one of the elders asked me, "and where did they come from?"

We all

Isaiah 40:6
A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.
Psalm 90:5
You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.
James 1:10
and a rich person in his having been humbled, because he will fade away like a wild flower.
1 Peter 1:24
For "All human life is like grass, and all its glory is like a flower in the grass. The grass dries up and the flower drops off,

Our iniquities

Isaiah 57:13
When you cry out, let your collection deliver you! The wind will carry them all off, and a mere breath will sweep them all away." "But whoever takes refuge in me will possess the land, and will inherit my holy mountain.
Psalm 1:4
But this is not the case with the wicked. They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
Jeremiah 4:11
At that time, it will be told this people and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert is coming toward my people, and it's not for winnowing or cleansing.
Hosea 4:19
A wind storm will carry them away in its embrace, and their sacrifices will bring them shame."
Zechariah 5:8
And the angel said, "This is evil!" So he shoved her back into the basket and snapped the round, lead cover over the opening.

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Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was wearing filthy clothes as he stood in the presence of the angel.
Luke 17:10
That's the way it is with you. When you have done everything you were ordered to do, say, "We are worthless servants. We have done only what we ought to have done.'"

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