Depravity of Man

“When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.”

“Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.”

“Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.”

“He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.”

“When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,”

“‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?”

““Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?”

“If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.”