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

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Psalm 51:5
Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.
Job 15:14
What is a mortal, that he should be pure? or that righteous should be one born of a woman?
Proverbs 22:15
Foolishness, is bound up in the heart of a youth, the rod of correction, shall drive it far from him.
Isaiah 48:8
Nay! thou hadst not heard, Nay! thou hadst not known, Nay! in time past, thine ear, was not opened, - For I knew that thou, wouldst be treacherous, Yea a transgressor from birth, hast thou been called.
Ephesians 2:3
Among whom also, we all, had our behaviour, at one time, in the covetings of our flesh, doing the things desired by the flesh and the mind, and were children, by nature, of anger - even as the rest, -

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Psalm 22:10
Upon thee, was I cast from the time I was born, From the womb of my mother, my GOD, hast thou been.
Isaiah 46:3
Hearken unto me O house of Jacob, Even all the remnant of the house of Israel, - Who have been borne from birth, Who have been carried from nativity:

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Proverbs 20:11
Even, by his doings, doth a youth make himself known, whether, pure and upright, be his work.