5 bThe Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every cintention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 8:21
21 And when the Lord smelled kthe pleasing aroma, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again lcurse1 the ground because of man, for mthe intention of man’s heart is evil from his youth. nNeither will I ever again strike down every living creature as I have done.
Job 14:4
4 Who can bring sa clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
Isaiah 53:6
6 qAll we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
rand the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Jeremiah 17:9
9 The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?
John 3:6
6 rThat which is born of the flesh is sflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.1
Romans 7:18
18 For I know that nothing good dwells ain 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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