14 Bible Verses about Depravity Of Man

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

What then? Are we Jews any better off? No, not at all. For we have already charged that all, both Jews and Greeks, are under sin, as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God.read more.
All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one." "Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive." "The venom of asps is under their lips." "Their mouth is full of curses and bitterness." "Their feet are swift to shed blood; in their paths are ruin and misery, and the way of peace they have not known." "There is no fear of God before their eyes." Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and receive instruction.

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

To the pure, all things are pure, but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure; but both their minds and their consciences are defiled. They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.