Isaiah 64:6
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6 (A)We have all become like one who is unclean,
and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment.
(B)We all fade like a leaf,
and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away.
Romans 7:18
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18 For I know that nothing good dwells (A)in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out.
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Ephesians 2:1-2
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Romans 7:24
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24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from (A)this body of death?
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Revelation 3:17-18
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17 (A)For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, (B)blind, and naked. 18 I counsel you (C)to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and (D)white garments so that you may clothe yourself and (E)the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, (F)so that you may see.
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Zechariah 3:3
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3 Now (A)Joshua was standing before the angel, (B)clothed with filthy garments.
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Job 42:5-6
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5 I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear,
but now my eye sees you;
6 therefore I despise myself,
and repent[a] in (A)dust and ashes.”
Footnotes
- Job 42:6 Or and am comforted
Job 25:4
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Job 14:4
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4 Who can bring (A)a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
Titus 3:3
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3 For (A)we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
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Philippians 3:9
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9 and be found in him, not having (A)a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but (B)that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith—
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Isaiah 53:6
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6 (A)All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
(B)and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Job 15:14-16
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14 (A)What is man, (B)that he can be pure?
Or he who is (C)born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
15 Behold, God[a] (D)puts no trust in his (E)holy ones,
and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16 (F)how much less one who is abominable and (G)corrupt,
a man who (H)drinks injustice like water!
Footnotes
- Job 15:15 Hebrew he
Revelation 7:13
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13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, (A)clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?”
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Hosea 4:19
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19 (A)A wind has wrapped them[a] in its wings,
and they shall (B)be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:19 Hebrew her
Isaiah 46:12
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12 “Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
you who are far from righteousness:
Isaiah 40:6-8
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The Word of God Stands Forever
6 A voice says, “Cry!”
And I said,[a] “What shall I cry?”
(A)All flesh is grass,
and all its beauty[b] is like the flower of the field.
7 The grass withers, the flower fades
when the breath of the Lord blows on it;
surely the people are grass.
8 (B)The grass withers, the flower fades,
but the word of our God will stand forever.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:6 Revocalization based on Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Vulgate; Masoretic Text And someone says
- Isaiah 40:6 Or all its constancy
Isaiah 6:5
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5 And I said: “Woe is me! (A)For I am lost; (B)for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the (C)King, the Lord of hosts!”
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Psalm 51:5
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5 Behold, (A)I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Zechariah 5:8-11
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8 And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down (A)the leaden weight on its opening.
9 Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! (B)The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven. 10 Then I said to the angel who talked with me, “Where are they taking the basket?” 11 He said to me, “To the (C)land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”
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Jeremiah 4:11-12
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11 At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from (A)the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse, 12 a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who (B)speak in judgment upon them.”
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Isaiah 57:12-13
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12 I will declare your righteousness and your deeds,
but they will not profit you.
13 (A)When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you!
The wind will carry them all off,
a breath will take them away.
(B)But he who takes refuge in me shall possess the land
and shall inherit (C)my holy mountain.
Isaiah 48:1
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Israel Refined for God's Glory
48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
(A)who are called by the name of Israel,
and (B)who came from the waters of Judah,
(C)who swear by the name of the Lord
and confess the God of Israel,
but not in truth or right.
Psalm 1:4
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4 The wicked are not so,
but are like (A)chaff that the wind drives away.
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