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Revelation 3:17-18
You say,‘ I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. (niv)
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Ephesians 2:1-2
As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. (niv)
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Romans 7:18
For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. (niv)
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Romans 7:24
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? (niv)
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Job 25:4
How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? (niv)
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Job 14:4
Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one! (niv)
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Psalms 90:5-6
Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death— they are like the new grass of the morning:In the morning it springs up new, but by evening it is dry and withered. (niv)
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Zechariah 3:3
Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. (niv)
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Job 42:5-6
My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.” (niv)
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Isaiah 53:6
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (niv)
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Titus 3:3
At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. (niv)
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Philippians 3:9
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ— the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. (niv)
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Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice says,“ Cry out.” And I said,“ What shall I cry?”“ All people are like grass, and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.The grass withers and the flowers fall, because the breath of the Lord blows on them. Surely the people are grass.The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.” (niv)
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Revelation 7:13
Then one of the elders asked me,“ These in white robes— who are they, and where did they come from?” (niv)
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Isaiah 46:12
Listen to me, you stubborn- hearted, you who are now far from my righteousness. (niv)
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Isaiah 6:5
“ Woe to me!” I cried.“ I am ruined! For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.” (niv)
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Psalms 51:5
Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. (niv)
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Job 15:14-16
“ What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt, who drink up evil like water! (niv)
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Jeremiah 4:11-12
At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told,“ A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse;a wind too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments against them.” (niv)
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Zechariah 5:8-11
He said,“ This is wickedness,” and he pushed her back into the basket and pushed its lead cover down on it.Then I looked up— and there before me were two women, with the wind in their wings! They had wings like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.“ Where are they taking the basket?” I asked the angel who was speaking to me.He replied,“ To the country of Babylonia to build a house for it. When the house is ready, the basket will be set there in its place.” (niv)
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Hosea 4:19
A whirlwind will sweep them away, and their sacrifices will bring them shame. (niv)
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Job 40:4
“ I am unworthy— how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth. (niv)
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Isaiah 48:1
“ Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and come from the line of Judah, you who take oaths in the name of the Lord and invoke the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness— (niv)
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Psalms 1:4
Not so the wicked! They are like chaff that the wind blows away. (niv)
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Isaiah 57:12-13
I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not benefit you.When you cry out for help, let your collection of idols save you! The wind will carry all of them off, a mere breath will blow them away. But whoever takes refuge in me will inherit the land and possess my holy mountain.” (niv)
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James 1:10-11
But the rich should take pride in their humiliation— since they will pass away like a wild flower.For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business. (niv)
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1 Peter 1 24-1 Peter 1 25
For,“ All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you. (niv)