Job 15:14


“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?

Job 14:4


“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!

Proverbs 20:9


Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”

Ecclesiastes 7:20

Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.

Job 25:4-6


“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?

Psalm 14:3


They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.

1 Kings 8:46

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy’s land, [whether] far away or near;

2 Chronicles 6:36

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far away or near,

Job 9:2


“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?

Psalm 51:5


I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].

Ecclesiastes 7:29

Behold, I have found only this [as a reason]: God made man upright and uncorrupted, but they [both men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil].”

John 3:6

That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

Romans 7:18

For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture has imprisoned everyone [everything—the entire world] under sin, so that [the inheritance, the blessing of salvation] which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe [in Him and acknowledge Him as God’s precious Son].

Ephesians 2:2-3

in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].

1 John 1:8-10

If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Bible References

Is man

Job 9:2

“Yes, I know it is true.
But how can a mortal man be right before God?
Job 14:4

“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
Job 25:4

“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?
1 Kings 8:46
“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy’s land, [whether] far away or near;
2 Chronicles 6:36
“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and hand them over to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far away or near,
Psalm 14:3

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;
There is no one who does good, not even one.
Psalm 51:5

I was brought forth in [a state of] wickedness;
In sin my mother conceived me [and from my beginning I, too, was sinful].
Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”
Ecclesiastes 7:20
Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who always does good and who never sins.
John 3:6
That which is born of the flesh is flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Romans 7:18
For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh [my human nature, my worldliness—my sinful capacity]. For the willingness [to do good] is present in me, but the doing of good is not.
Galatians 3:22
But the Scripture has imprisoned everyone [everything—the entire world] under sin, so that [the inheritance, the blessing of salvation] which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe [in Him and acknowledge Him as God’s precious Son].
Ephesians 2:2
in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
1 John 1:8
If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]

General references

Proverbs 20:9

Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”
Jeremiah 17:9

“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is extremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
Luke 18:19
Jesus said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is [essentially and morally] good except God alone.