14 Bible Verses about Moral Decay
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For the creation was subjected to futility, not of its own will, but by the will of him who subjected it in hope;
For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer nature is wasting away, yet our inner nature is being renewed day by day.
And since they did not see fit to retain the knowledge of God, God gave them over to a base mind, to do what ought not to be done. They were filled with all manner of wickedness, evil, covetousness, depravity. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,read more.
foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Though they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
You were taught, with regard to your former manner of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful lusts;
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption; but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
"You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its taste, how shall it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men.
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all.
Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?
because the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and obtain the glorious liberty of the children of God.
They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for whatever overcomes a man, to that he is enslaved.
"Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
