Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Fall of man » Man in consequence of » Born in sin
Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth.
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Justification » Of self, impossible
You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace!
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign Lord.
You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God.
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?
Justification before God » Under the law » Man cannot attain to
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God? If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand.
but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it. Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Man » Insignificance of
When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them,
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding!
What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels, how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?
"Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable? Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless? Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you? read more.
Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?
Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity?
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure? If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot -- a son of man, who is only a worm!"
"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.' But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?' I will reply to you, and to your friends with you. read more.
Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you! If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him? If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you! If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him? If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.
Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place, that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it?
O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them? People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears.
Man » Cannot be just with God
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.
Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you.
"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God?
Sin » All men are conceived and born in
Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure?
When Adam had lived 130 years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth.