Ecclesiastes 7:29
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29 Truly, this only I have found:
(A)That God made man upright,
But (B)they have sought out many schemes.”
Jeremiah 4:22
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22 “For My people are foolish,
They have not known Me.
They are [a]silly children,
And they have no understanding.
(A)They are wise to do evil,
But to do good they have no knowledge.”
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- Jeremiah 4:22 foolish
Titus 3:3
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3 For (A)we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
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Genesis 3:6-7
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6 So when the woman (A)saw that the tree was good for food, that it was [a]pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit (B)and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, (C)and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves [b]coverings.
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- Genesis 3:6 Lit. a desirable thing
- Genesis 3:7 girding coverings
Ephesians 2:2-3
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2 (A)in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to (B)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in (C)the sons of disobedience, 3 (D)among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in (E)the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and (F)were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.
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- Ephesians 2:2 Gr. aion, aeon
Romans 3:9-19
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All Have Sinned(A)
9 What then? Are we better than they? Not at all. For we have previously charged both Jews and Greeks that (B)they are all under sin.
10 As it is written:
(C)“There is none righteous, no, not one;
11 There is none who understands;
There is none who seeks after God.
12 They have all turned aside;
They have together become unprofitable;
There is none who does good, no, not one.”
13 “Their(D) throat is an open [a]tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;
(E)“The poison of asps is under their lips”;
14 “Whose(F) mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.”
15 “Their(G) feet are swift to shed blood;
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways;
17 And the way of peace they have not known.”
18 “There(H) is no fear of God before their eyes.”
19 Now we know that whatever (I)the law says, it says to those who are under the law, that (J)every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become [b]guilty before God.
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- Romans 3:13 grave
- Romans 3:19 accountable
Mark 7:8-9
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8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men—[a]the washing of pitchers and cups, and many other such things you do.”
9 He said to them, “All too well (A)you [b]reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your tradition.
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Jeremiah 2:12-13
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12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this,
And be horribly afraid;
Be very desolate,” says the Lord.
13 “For My people have committed two evils:
They have forsaken Me, the (A)fountain of living waters,
And hewn themselves cisterns—broken cisterns that can hold no water.
Psalm 106:39
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- Psalm 106:39 became unclean
- Psalm 106:39 Were unfaithful
Psalm 106:29
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29 Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds,
And the plague broke out among them.
Psalm 99:8
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8 You answered them, O Lord our God;
You were to them God-Who-Forgives,
Though You took vengeance on their deeds.
Genesis 6:11-12
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11 The earth also was corrupt (A)before God, and the earth was (B)filled with violence. 12 So God (C)looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for (D)all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
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Genesis 6:5-6
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5 Then [a]the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every (A)intent[b] of the thoughts of his heart was only evil [c]continually. 6 And (B)the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and (C)He was grieved in His (D)heart.
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- Genesis 6:5 So with MT, Tg.; Vg. God; LXX Lord God
- Genesis 6:5 thought
- Genesis 6:5 all the day
Genesis 5:1
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The Family of Adam(A)
5 This is the book of the (B)genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in (C)the likeness of God.
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Genesis 1:26-27
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26 Then God said, (A)“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; (B)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over [a]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” 27 So God created man (C)in His own image; in the image of God He created him; (D)male and female He created them.
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- Genesis 1:26 Syr. all the wild animals of
Romans 1:21-32
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21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but (A)became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 (B)Professing to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the (C)incorruptible (D)God into an image made like [a]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
24 (E)Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, (F)to dishonor their bodies (G)among themselves, 25 who exchanged (H)the truth of God (I)for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
26 For this reason God gave them up to (J)vile passions. For even their [b]women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. 27 Likewise also the [c]men, leaving the natural use of the [d]woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (K)which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, [e]sexual immorality, wickedness, [f]covetousness, [g]maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 [h]undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, [i]unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, (L)knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things (M)are deserving of death, not only do the same but also (N)approve of those who practice them.
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- Romans 1:23 perishable
- Romans 1:26 Lit. females
- Romans 1:27 Lit. males
- Romans 1:27 Lit. female
- Romans 1:29 NU omits sexual immorality
- Romans 1:29 greed
- Romans 1:29 malice
- Romans 1:31 without understanding
- Romans 1:31 NU omits unforgiving
Acts 7:40-43
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40 (A)saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 (B)And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and (C)rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then (D)God turned and gave them up to worship (E)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:
(F)‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And (G)I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
Ezekiel 22:6-13
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6 “Look, (A)the princes of Israel: each one has used his [a]power to shed blood in you. 7 In you they have (B)made light of father and mother; in your midst they have (C)oppressed the stranger; in you they have mistreated the [b]fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised My holy things and (D)profaned My Sabbaths. 9 In you are (E)men who slander to cause bloodshed; (F)in you are those who eat on the mountains; in your midst they commit lewdness. 10 In you men (G)uncover their fathers’ nakedness; in you they violate women who are (H)set apart during their impurity. 11 One commits abomination (I)with his neighbor’s wife; (J)another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; and another in you violates his sister, his father’s (K)daughter. 12 In you (L)they take bribes to shed blood; (M)you take usury and increase; you have made profit from your neighbors by extortion, and (N)have forgotten Me,” says the Lord God.
13 “Behold, therefore, I (O)beat My fists at the dishonest profit which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
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- Ezekiel 22:6 Lit. arm
- Ezekiel 22:7 Lit. orphan
Genesis 11:4-6
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4 And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower (A)whose top is in the heavens; let us make a (B)name for ourselves, lest we (C)be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth.”
5 (D)But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. 6 And the Lord said, “Indeed (E)the people are one and they all have (F)one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they (G)propose to do will be withheld from them.
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