Isaiah 64:6
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6 We are all infected and impure with sin.
When we display our righteous deeds,
they are nothing but filthy rags.
Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall,
and our sins sweep us away like the wind.
Romans 7:18
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18 And I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a] I want to do what is right, but I can’t.
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Romans 7:24
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24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death?
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Ephesians 2:1-2
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Made Alive with Christ
2 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. 2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world.[a] He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.
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- 2:2 Greek obeying the commander of the power of the air.
Zechariah 3:3
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3 Jeshua’s clothing was filthy as he stood there before the angel.
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Revelation 3:17-18
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17 You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. 18 So I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. Also buy white garments from me so you will not be shamed by your nakedness, and ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see.
Isaiah 53:6
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6 All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
the sins of us all.
Titus 3:3
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3 Once we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and envy, and we hated each other.
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Job 42:5-6
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5 I had only heard about you before,
but now I have seen you with my own eyes.
6 I take back everything I said,
and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”
Job 25:4
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4 How can a mortal be innocent before God?
Can anyone born of a woman be pure?
Job 14:4
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4 Who can bring purity out of an impure person?
No one!
Philippians 3:9
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9 and become one with him. I no longer count on my own righteousness through obeying the law; rather, I become righteous through faith in Christ.[a] For God’s way of making us right with himself depends on faith.
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- 3:9 Or through the faithfulness of Christ.
Job 15:14-16
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14 Can any mortal be pure?
Can anyone born of a woman be just?
15 Look, God does not even trust the angels.[a]
Even the heavens are not absolutely pure in his sight.
16 How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person
with a thirst for wickedness!
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- 15:15 Hebrew the holy ones.
Isaiah 46:12
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12 “Listen to me, you stubborn people
who are so far from doing right.
Psalm 90:5-6
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5 You sweep people away like dreams that disappear.
They are like grass that springs up in the morning.
6 In the morning it blooms and flourishes,
but by evening it is dry and withered.
Psalm 51:5
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5 For I was born a sinner—
yes, from the moment my mother conceived me.
Revelation 7:13
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13 Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? Where did they come from?”
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Isaiah 57:12-13
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12 Now I will expose your so-called good deeds.
None of them will help you.
13 Let’s see if your idols can save you
when you cry to them for help.
Why, a puff of wind can knock them down!
If you just breathe on them, they fall over!
But whoever trusts in me will inherit the land
and possess my holy mountain.”
Isaiah 40:6-8
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6 A voice said, “Shout!”
I asked, “What should I shout?”
“Shout that people are like the grass.
Their beauty fades as quickly
as the flowers in a field.
7 The grass withers and the flowers fade
beneath the breath of the Lord.
And so it is with people.
8 The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
Isaiah 6:5
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5 Then I said, “It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”
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Hosea 4:19
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19 So a mighty wind will sweep them away.
Their sacrifices to idols will bring them shame.
Isaiah 48:1
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God’s Stubborn People
48 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob,
you who are called by the name of Israel
and born into the family of Judah.
Listen, you who take oaths in the name of the Lord
and call on the God of Israel.
You don’t keep your promises,
Psalm 1:4
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4 But not the wicked!
They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind.
Job 40:4
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4 “I am nothing—how could I ever find the answers?
I will cover my mouth with my hand.
James 1:10-11
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10 And those who are rich should boast that God has humbled them. They will fade away like a little flower in the field. 11 The hot sun rises and the grass withers; the little flower droops and falls, and its beauty fades away. In the same way, the rich will fade away with all of their achievements.
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