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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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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Ephesians 2:1-2
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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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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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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.
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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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.
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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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!
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- Job 15:15 Hebrew he
Isaiah 46:12
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12 “Listen to me, you stubborn of heart,
you who are far from righteousness:
Psalm 51:5
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5 Behold, (A)I was brought forth in iniquity,
and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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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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 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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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 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.
Job 40:4
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James 1:10-11
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10 and (A)the rich in his humiliation, because (B)like a flower of the grass[a] he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and (C)withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.
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- James 1:10 Or a wild flower
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