Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
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Bible References
Estranged, etc
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Job 15:14
What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
Isaiah 48:8
Yea, thou heard not. Yea, thou knew not. Yea, from of old thine ear was not opened. For I knew that thou dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom we also all once behaved in the lusts of our flesh, doing the intentions of the flesh and of the thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath as also the others.
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Psalm 22:10
I was cast upon thee from the womb. Thou are my God since my mother bore me.
Isaiah 46:3
Hearken to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been borne [by me] from their birth, who have been carried from the womb.
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Proverbs 20:11
Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.