14 Bible Verses about Depravity Of Man

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

Truly, I was formed in evil, and in sin did my mother give me birth.

Because from inside, from the heart of men, come evil thoughts and unclean pleasures,

For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light

The heart is a twisted thing, not to be searched out by man: who is able to have knowledge of it?

There is no man on earth of such righteousness that he does good and is free from sin all his days.

For the flesh has desires against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; because these are opposite the one to the other; so that you may not do the things which you have a mind to do.

And the Lord saw that the sin of man was great on the earth, and that all the thoughts of his heart were evil.

What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin; As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness; Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;read more.
They have all gone out of the way, there is no profit in any of them; there is not one who does good, not so much as one: Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of curses and bitter words: Their feet are quick in running after blood; Destruction and trouble are in their ways; And of the way of peace they have no knowledge: There is no fear of God before their eyes. Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:

Whose are the fathers, and of whom came Christ in the flesh, who is over all, God, to whom be blessing for ever. So be it.

But they gave no attention and would not give ear, but they made their necks stiff so that they might not give ear and might not get teaching.

Having eyes full of evil desire, never having enough of sin; turning feeble souls out of the true way; they are children of cursing, whose hearts are well used to bitter envy;

And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

To the clean in heart all things are clean: but to those who are unclean and without faith nothing is clean; they become unclean in mind and in thought. They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.