Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
General references
Bible References
Shapen
Psalm 58:3
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
The wicked are estranged from the womb;
These go astray from birth, speaking lies [even twisted partial truths].
Genesis 5:3
When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
Genesis 8:21
The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma [a soothing, satisfying scent] and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the intent (strong inclination, desire) of man’s heart is wicked from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.
Job 14:4
“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
“Who can make a clean thing out of the unclean?
No one!
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?
“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?
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 5:12
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all people [no one being able to stop it or escape its power], because they all sinned.
Ephesians 2:3
Among these [unbelievers] we all once lived in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by the sinful self], indulging the desires of human nature [without the Holy Spirit] and [the impulses] of the [sinful] mind. We were, by nature, children [under the sentence] of [God’s] wrath, just like the rest [of mankind].
General references
Proverbs 20:9
Who can say, “I have cleansed my heart,
I am pure from my sin?”
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 isextremely sick;
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?
“The heart is deceitful above all things
And it is
Who can understand it fully and know its secret motives?